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In  determining  to  publish  a  revised  and  enlarged  edi- 
tion  of  Clark's  work  on  ELECTHioAi-  Medication,  the  author 
has  been  prompted  chiefly  by  a  desire  to  bring  this  system  in 
its  practical  bearings  more  prominently  before  the  medical 
profession.  Having,  during  a  practice  of  fifteen  years,  fully 
tested  and  proved  to  his  own  satisfaction  and  that  of  many 
others  interested  in  the  progress  of  medical  science  the  effi- 
ciency of  this  agent,  when  properly  applied,  as  a  curative 
power,  he  has  felt  that  a  more  comprehensive  work  than  any 
yet  published  was  needed  and  would  meet  with  general  favor 
and  appreciation.  Since  the  announcement  of  its  contemplated 
publication,  the  author  has  received  repeated  assurances  of 
gratification  on  the  part  of  some  of  those  who  had  already 
procured  and  profited  by  the  work  referred  to,  as  also  from  his 
medical  friends  generally,  and  he  can  only  hope  that  the  work, 
as  now  completed  and  oflfered  to  the  profession,  will  meet  their 
expectations  and  prove  suggestive  and  helpful.  It  is  not,  of 
course,  claimed  that  all  persons  can  use  this  agent  successfully 
in  the  treatment  of  diseases.  There  must  be  more  or  less  of 
natural,  as  well  as  acquired  ability  or  adaptation,  and  this  is 
true  in  every  department  of  applied  science  or  art.  It  would 
not  be  reasonable  to  expect  that  a  person  almost  totally  devoid 
of  mechanical  genius,  could  manipulate  such  a  complicated 
piece  of  machinery  as  a  battery  in  such  a  manner  as  to  har- 
monize with  the  more  complicated  machinery  of  the  human 
system. 


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Bnt  with  avemgd  medical  skill,  coupled  with  intelligence 
and  discrimintitlon,  the  most  satisfactory  reault«  can  and  will 
be  secured.  This  work  has  been  prepared  and  published  at 
the  sacrifice  of  time  and  considerable  outlay  of  means  upon 
the  part  of  ita  autlior,  but  if  it  will  supply  a  want  and  suc- 
ceed In  awakening  renewed  interest  in  this  phase  of  medical 
science,  he  will  feel  amply  rewarded. 

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Dr.  Jerome  Kidder'e  Electro-Magnetio  Machine, 

Polarization,  .  •  •  # 

The  Electric  Circuit,      r  <      -^  *   *       t^^^^ 

Polarization  of  the  Circuit,     •  i.  i  • 

The  Central  Point  of  the  Circuit,  . 

The  Current,  .  .  • 

Modifications  of  Electricity,  . 

The  Vital  Forces — Animal  and  Vegetable, 

Extent  of  Electric  Agency, 

Theory  of  Man, 

The  Lower  Animals,      . 

The  Vegetable  Kingdom,        ,        '       •  • 

Katural  Polarization  of  Man's  Physical  Organism, 

Electrical  Classification  of  Diseases,        .  '      « 

Philosophy  of  Disease  and  Cure,    .  • . 

PRINCIPLES  OF  PRACTICE. 

Polar  Antagonism, 

Importance  of  Noting  the  Central  Point,  , 

Distinctive  Use  of  each  Pole, 
Use  of  the  Long  Cord,  ,  .'  • 

The  Inward  and  the  Outward  Current, 

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CONTENTS. 


Mechanical  effect  of  each  Pole, 
Eelaxed  and  Atrophied  Conditions,    . 
General  Directions  of  the  Current, 
Treating  with  Electrolytic  Currents, 
Positive  and  Negative  Manifestations,     . 
Healing,  .  .  . 

Diagnosis,  ... 

PRESCEIPTIONS. 


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Preliminary  Keniarks,     .                 .                 . 

.       76 

General  Tonic  treatment,         .                 .                 ♦ 

76 

Common  Colds,               .                 ,                ■• 

.      78 

Cephalgia  (Headache),             -                 •                 • 

80 

Deafness,         ...» 

.      82 

Inflamed  Eyes, 

84 

Amaurosis  (Paralysis  of  the  opt!"  nerve), 

.       86 

Strabismus  (Discordance  of  tue  eyes),     . 

86 

Catarrh  (Chronic),           .                  •                  • 

.      87 

Catarrh  (Acute),      .                 .                 .                 « 

89 

Dipththeria,    .                 .                                  •     , 

.      89 

Aphonia  (Loss  of  voice),         .                 .                 • 

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Crouj:. — Spasmodic  (Cyananche  Laryngea),     *        -, 

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Croup  (Pseudomembranous),  . 

iL  'litization  of  Lungs,  .                 .                 • 

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As\  >ma,  .                .                «                •                * 

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Pne  .monia  (Inflammation  of  the  lungs). 

.      96 

Pulmonary  Phthisis  (Consumption),       .           ;    c  ' 

98 

Angina  Pectoris,             .          .,      «                 •     :^ 

.     101 

Palpitation  of  the  Heart,        ,"               •                 * 

103 

Torpid  Liver,  .                 .                 .                 • 

.     104 

Hepatitis  (Ir>flammation  of  liver),           .                 • 

106 

Enlargem<^nt  of  Liver,    .                .*  ^' '■."':'.. ^-'y'^:-"-^' ^' 

.     106 

Biliary  Calculi  (Gravel  in  Liver), 

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Sweet  Olive  Oil  for  Eemoving  Gall  Stones, 

Intermittent  nnd  Remittent  Fevers  (Ague 

Nephritis  (Inflammation  of  the  Kidneys), 

Oystitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Bladder,  . 

Diabetes,  or  Sacharine  Urine,  .      * 

llenal  Calculi  (Gravel  in  the  Kidneys),  . 

Dyspepsia,      .  • 

Acute  Diarrhoea,     .  ♦       , 

Chronic  Diarrhoea,  .  * 

Colic  (Of  whatever  kind), 

€holera  (Malignant).       .  « 

Oholera  Infantum,  . 

Cholera  Morbus, 

Dysentery,  •  •    '  * 

Constipation  of  the  Bowels, 

Hoemorrhoids  (Piles), 

Eheumatism  (Chronic),  . 

Acute  Inflammatory  Rheumatism,        •  ..  • 

Ascites  (Dropsy  of  the  Abdomen), 

Neuralgia,  ^    •  •  ** 

Trismus  (Lockjaw,  *  • 

Common  Cramp,     .  •  ♦ 

Tetanus, 

Eruptive  Cutaneous  Diseases,  '      . 

Paralysis,        *  *  • 

Sciatica,  .  *  •  * 

Erysipelas, 

Hemorrhage  (Lungs,  Nose,  Uterus,  etc.), 

Old  Ulcers, . ' . 

Recent  Wounds,  Contusions,  and  Burns, . 

Asphyxia  (Suspended  animation),  . 

Cancer,    . 

Anaemia,  or  Chlorosis  (Green  Sickness), 

Nymphomania  and  Spermatorrhoea, 


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Prolapsus  Uteri  (Falling  of  the  Womb), 

.     162 

Leucorrhoea  (Whites), 

152 

Menorrhagia  (Excessive  Menstruation), 

.     153 

Amenorrhoea  (Suspressed  Menstruation), 

154 

Dysmenorrhcea  (Painful  Menstruation),          , 

.     165 

Epilepsy,                 .                .                . 

♦             166 

Impotence,      .                 .                 .                ;,?     ' 

.     158 

Dizziness  of  Old  and  Corpulent  People, 

158 

Inflammation,  Soreness,  or  Tenderness  of  the  feet. 

from 

Whatever  Cause,    .                ,                , 

.     150 

Otitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Ear), 

169 

Orchitis  (Inflammation  of  Testicles),               , 

•.     160 

Epistaxis  (Bleeding  of  the  Nose), 

161 

Gastritis  (Inflammation  of  the  Stomach), 

'       .     161 

Stomach  (Inflammation  of ),     . 

161 

Cerebro  Spinal  Meningitis,             .                .  ■ 

.     162 

Inflammation  of  the  Spleen,    , 

163 

Spleen  (Enlargement  of),                ',                « 

.     164 

Ovaries  (Inflammation  of). 

164 

Pruritus  (Of  the  Vulva), 

.     165 

Scrofulous  Opthalmia  (With  Intolerance  of  Light) 

,             166 

Typhoid  Fever, 

.     166 

Abscess  of  Antrum, 

170 

Carbuncle,      .                . 

.     172 

Boils, 

173 

Felons,           ,                .                ,                . 

:  173 

Apoplexy,                ,                 , 

174 

Jaundice,         .                 .                 .                 . 

.     175 

Vomiting,                .                 , 

176 

Canker  in  the  Mouth,    •                .                , 

.     176 

Crick  in  the  Neck,                  .                , 

177 

Chilblains,  •  .                 ,                 .                 . 

.     177 

Bronchitis,                               , 

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Breast  (Ague  in), 

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CONTENTS. 

Prolapsus  Ani  (Falling  of  the  Rectum), 

"Water-Brash, 

Bowels  (Excessive  discharges  from) 

Goitre,    .  •  • 

Alopecia  (Hair  falling  off),  • 

Colic  in  Children,  . 

Worms  (Common  round),  • 

Ascarides  or  Pin  "Worms,        . 

Corns  (Clavi  Pedis), 

"Whooping  Cough,  . 

Debility  of  the  Genital  Organs,     . 

Cystitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Bladder), 

Hydrophobia, .  .  • 

Glaucoma,  .  • 

Milk  (Suppressed  or  Deficiency  of), 

Mania-a-Potu  (Delirium  tremens), 

Giddiness  (Vertigo  Simple), 

Scabies  (Itch), 

Glossitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Tongue), 

Hydrocephalus  (Dropsy  of  the  Brain), 

Varicella  (Chickenpox),  .  . 

Congestion  (General  or  local), 

Nervous  Prostration  or  General  Debility, 

Peritonitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Peritoneum) 

Emphysema,  . 

Pericarditis  aud  Endocarditis  (Rheumatism 
Heai-t  and  its  Membranes). 

Mumps  (Parotitis),  .  . 

Enuresis  (Incontinence  of  Urine), 

Stranguary,     .  .  • 

Bladder  (Paralysis  of),  « 

Coup-de-Soliel  (Sun-stroke), 

Pyaemia  (Blood  Poisoning),     . 

Leucocytheemia  (White  cell  blood). 


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Uterine  Inertia  (In  Parturition),     , 

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Seasickness,  .  .  :     •  •  • 

Writers'  Cramp,      .  '  •  •  * 

liny  Fever,     .  .  '  .  •  • 

Numbness  of  the  Lower  Extremities,     .      >         « 
Obesity  (Fatty  degeneration),  .  .  . 

.   Synovitis,  .  .  .  • 

Disease  of  the  Hip  Joint  (Morbus  Coxaris),  . 
Pott's  Disease  (Spondylitis),   . 
Gangrene,       .  •  •  '       ' 

Hernia,   .  .  .  •  • 

Loss  of  the  Sense  of  Smell  (Anosmia), 

^[    Head  (Cold  in),       .  .  .  . 

Thrush  (Apthse),         '      r    .  .  .  . 

Ptyalism  (Salivation),    ;  #  •  > 

Hypersesthesi  (General  and  local), . 
Enteritis  (Inflammation  of  the  Bowels),  . 

Metritis  (Inflammation  of  the  Uterus),  • 

Vicarious  Menstruation,  .  .  . 

Poisoned  Wounds  and  Zymatic  Diseases  (The  Value  of 

Iodine  in  their  Treatment),    .  • 

Sterility,  .  .  •  • 

Night  Sweats, .  .  .  •  • 

Anchylosis  (To  prevent  and  to  cure),      . 
Breast  (Lacteal  tumors  of),  .  •  • 

Syphilis,  .  •  •  • 

Syncope  or  Fainting,       .  •  ... 

Scarlet  Fever,  Measles,  (etc.  Eruptive  diseases),      . 
Measles,  .  .  •  •  • 

Scarlatina,  .  •  •  •  '       • 

Mastodynia,    .  .  .  •  • 

Pancreatitis  (Inflammation  of  the  Pancreas), 


auMntnir— 


r-i 


Value  of 


CONTENTS. 

Puerperal  Fever  (Childbed  Fever), 
Hematuria  (Hemorrhage  from  tho  Bladder), 
Ilsemateraesis  (Vomiting  of  Blood),  •  •  • 

Melancholia   (Derangement  of  the  Mental    Faculties) 
Lethargy  (Stupor,  Coma), 

Scurvy,  .  .  •  •  * 

Tenesmus,       .  .  ♦  •  * 

Phlegmasia  Dolens,  .  • 

Gastrodynia  (Neuralgia  of  the  Stomach),      . 
Meningitis   (Inflammation  of  the  Membranes  of  vhe 

Brain),  .  •  •  *. 

Tonsilitis  or  Quinsy  (Inflammation  of  the  Tonsils), 

Suspended  Eespiration  While  in  Sleep  (Cause  and  treat- 

ment),     .  •  •  * 

Locomotor  Ataxia,  •  •  * 

Facial  Paralysis,  .  *  / 

Intussusceptio,  or  Invagination  of  the  Bowels, 
Brain  (Morbid  condition  of— How  treated),  . 

Chorea  (St.  Vitus  Dance),       .  *    ^    w,  j       ^ 

To  Destroy  the  Foul  Odor  of  the  Bi:eath,  Foul  Odor  of 

the  Axilla,  and  the  Fonl  Odor  of  the  Feet, 
Miraculous  Cures  Performed,  •  f 

Qualities  of  Electricity,  •  •    ^  * 

Uterus,  Electrical  Conditions  of.    In  Anteversion  and 

Ketroversion,  or  Anteflexion  and  Ketroflexion, 
Press  Keviews,  .  .  • 

Anatomical  Chart,  •  •  * 

Key  to  Anatomical  Chart,  .  • 

Machines  and  Appliances,       .  • 

Kidder's  Extra  Appliances,  .  '.     ^    ^^    ' 

Dr.   Tipton's  Combination  Bell-shaped   Vaginal    Elec- 
trode, .  •  •  ■ 


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I 


I 


INTRODUCTION. 


Considerable  parts  of  this  book  have  been  written  for  the 
unlearned.  For  the  scholarly  reader  such  parts,  of  course, 
would  be  wholly  superfluous;  yet  it  is  hoped  that  they  to  whom 
these  are  familiar  will  be  patient  in  passing  through  them  for 
the  sake  of  others  to  whom  they  may  be  instructive.  Other 
parts,  again,  it  is  believed,  will  be  found  new  to  the  most  of 
even  educated  minds.  But  men  of  the  greatest  intellectual 
attainments  are  commonly  the  "most  docile.  Such  men,  meet- 
ing this  work,  will  not  shrink  from  a  candid  examination 
of  its  contents  merely  on  account  of  their  comparative  nov- 
elty, nor  because  the  views  expressed  differ  essentially  from 
those  usually  held  by  the  medical  faculty.  The  candid,  yet 
critical,  attention  of  such  gentlemen,  the  author  especially 
solicits.  He  assures  them  that  he  does  not  write  at  random, 
but  from  careful  research  and  practical  experience.  His 
pMl08oj>hio  theories  he  offers  only  for  what  they  are  worth. 
His  prmciplea  of  practice  he  believes  to  be  scientifically 
•correct  and  of  great  ralue. 

Let  it  not  be  supposed  that  the  author,  in  this  work,  as- 
sumes a  belligerent  attitude  towards  the  members  of  the  medi- 
cal profession.  Although  anxious  to  modity  and  elevate  their 
estimate  of  electricity  as  a  remedial  agent,  and  to  improve 
their  methods  of  using  it,  he  has  no  sympathy  with  those  who 
profess  to  believe,  and  who  assert,  that  medicines  of  the  apothe- 
cary never  effect  the  cure  of  disease;  that  where  they  are 
thought  to  cure,  they  simply  do  not  kill;  and  who  contend 


•sss 


MiiP 


16 


INTKODUCnON. 


that,  the  patient  would  have  recovered  quicker  and  hetter  to 
have  taken  no  medicine  at  aU.  He  knows  tliat  such  ;.liegi- 
tions  lire  false  as  they  are  extravagant;  and  so  does  every 
candid  and  unprejudiced  observer  whose  experience  has  given 
'hira  ordinary  opportunities  to  judge.  The  writer  believes  it 
can  be  perfectly  demonstrated  that  the  advancement  of  medi- 
cal science  in  modern  times — say  within  the  last  two  or  three 
hundred  years — has  served  to  essentially  prolong  the  average 
term  of  human  life.  The  world  owes  to  medical  instructors  and 
practitioners  a  debt  of  gratitude  which  can  never  be  fully  repaid. 
Their  laborious  and  often  perilous  research  in  the  fields  of  their 
profession,  and  their  untiring  assiduity  in  the  application  (  f 
their  science  and  skill  to  the  relief  of  human  suffering,  entitle 
them  to  a  degree  of  confidence  and  affectionate  esteem  which 
few  other  classep  of  public  servants  can  rightly  claim.  For 
one,  the  author  of  this  book  most  sincerely  concedes  to 
them,  as  a  body,  his  confidence,  his  sympathy,  and  his  grate- 
ful respect.  And  the  most  that  he  is  willing  to  say  to  their 
discredit  (if  it  be  so  construed),  is  that  he  regards  them  (s 
having  not  as  yet  attained  perfection  in  their  high  profession, 
and  as  not  being  generally  as  willing  as  they  should  be  to  ex- 
amine fairly  into  the  alleged  merits  of  remedial  agents  and 
improved  principles  of  practice  (claimed  to  be  such),  when 
brought  forward  by  intelligent,  cultivated  and  respectable 
men  outside  of  "the  regular  profession."  This  is  said  at  the 
same  time  that  the  author  gives  much  weight  to  their  com-  ' 
monly  offered  defence,  viz:  that,  in  the  midst  of  professions! 
engagements,  they  have  not  always  the  time  to  spare  for  such 
examination;  and  that,  since  the  most  of  alleged  improve- 
ments  in  the  healing  art,  particularly  of  those  introduced  by 
persons  who  have  not  received  a  regular  medical  education, 
sooner  or  later  prove  themselves  to  be  worthless,  the  presump- 
tion— though  not  the  certainty — is,  that  whenever  a  new  agent, 
or  11  now  method  or  principle  is  proposed  by  an  "outsider,"  that 


IMTBODCCrnOM. 


and  better  to 
hat  such  ;.llegi  - 

so  does  every 
ience  has  givm 
rriter  believes  it 
jement  of  raedi- 
ist  two  or  three 
ong  the  average 
J  instructors  and 
ir  be  fully  repaid, 
the  fields  of  their 
he  application  ( f 
suffering,  entitle 
ate  esteem  which 
htly  claim.     For 
■ely  concedes    to 
jy,  and  his  gratt- 
iig  to  say  to  their 
!  regards  them  i.s 
r  high  profession, 
'  should  be  to  ex- 
ledial  agents  and 

0  be  such),  when 

1  and   respectable 
'his  is  said  at  the 
ght  to  their  com-  * 
ist  of  professional 

i  to  spare  for  such 
alleged  improve- 
lose  introduced  by 
uedical  education, 
iless,  the  presump- 
inever  a  new  agent, 
an  "outsider,"  that 


this,  too,  a  not  willful  charlatanism,  is  a  mistake,  and  the  sooner 
it  comes  to  an  end  the  better  it  will  be  for  the  public  health. 

But  the  medical  faculty  have  too  widely  employed  electri- 
city in  the  treatment  of  disease,  and  that  with  too  frequent 
success,  to  admit  of  ito  being  denied  a  place  among  important 
therapeutic  agents  by  any  respectable  practitioner.  The  only 
questions  concerning  it  now  are  those  which  relate  to  the  ver- 
satility of  its  power,  the  scope  of  its  seful  ai)plicability,  and 
the  principles  which  should  guide  in  the  administration  of  it. 
Tlie  general  subject  embraced  in  these  questions  is  one  i:-. 
which  suffering  humanity  has  a  right  to  claim  that  physiciaurt 
shall  be  at  home. 

And  yet  it  will  sf'arcely  be  denied  that,  in  the  exhibition  of 
electricity,  more  tnan  of  almost  any  other  therapeutic  agent, 
medical  practitioners  feel  incertitude  as  to  wliat  shall  be  its 
effect.  Now  and  then  it  acts  as  they  expected  it  to  do;  some- 
times it  pleasantly  surprises  them;  oftener  it  offensively  di*»- 
appoiikbS  them.  They  find  it  unreliable.  Of  other  remedial 
agents,  they  commonly  know,  before  administering  them,  what 
»or<  of  effect  will  be  produced;  but  in  employing  this,  while 

■  they  have  hope,  they  are  generally  more  or  less  in  doubt.  They 
regard  it  as  a  stimulant/  although  its  action  on  the  living 
organism  appears  to  them  to  be  largely  veiled  in  mystery.  In 
many  cases  of  disease,  particularly  those  of  acute   inflam 

■  matory  or  febrile  character,  they  judge  it  to  be  not  at  all  indi- 
cated. To  administer  it  in  a  case  of  bilious  or  typhoid  fever, 
or  in  a  case  of  pneumonia,  pleuritis,  gastritis,  inflammatory 
rheumatism,  or  acute,  and  especially  epidemic  or  malignant 
dysentery,  or  in  a  case  of  pulmonary  phthisis,  would  probably 
be  viewed  by  the  most  of  physicians  as  the  rashest  empiricism, 
if  not  the  next  thing  to  madness.  The  idea  of  produciru/ 
antagonistic  effects  with  it  at  will,  they  would,  for  the  most 
part,  esteem  preposterous.  Rather,  perhaps,  it  may  be  said  of 
the  majority  of  medical  practitioners  that  such  an  idea  has 


wumms, 


18 


nrTBODnoTio». 


never  entered  their  minds;  so  foreign  is  it  to  their  conofption 
of  truth  and  propriety.  But,  at  wimtever  risk  of  discredit  or 
censure,  the  writer  of  the  present  volume  avers  tl;at  this  idea 
in  both  scientifically  sound  and  of  every  day's  practical  veriti- 
lation.  The  various  and  opposite  forms  of  disease — acute  and 
chronic,  hypersthenic  and  asthenic — are  liabitnally  treated  and 
curer',  in  his  own  practice  by  electricity  alone. 

But  "(Wt  bonof"  may  be  asked.  "What  if  it  be  tnie  that 
these  things  can  be  done  with  electricity?  They  are  also  done 
with  medicines,  which  are  more  quickly  and  conveniently 
administered,  and  usually  less  annoying  to  the  patient.  What, 
therefore,  is  the  practical  utility  of  your  electric  system  above 
the  ordinary  practice,  especially  if  we  include,  in  the  latter, 
electric  treatment  as  occasionally  employed  by  the  most  of 
respectable  phyBiciane?" 

This  is  tlie  important  question — that  to  which  the  author 
desires  to  call  particular  attention.     He,  therefore,  answers: 

JFirst. — It  is  manifestly  true  that  the  majority  of  diseases,  (the 
exceptions  are  comparatively  few),  can  be  cured  by  the  use  of 
medicines.  It  is  also  true  that  these  can  generally  \)e  admin- 
istered with  more  convenience  and  less  e.xpenditure  of  time  to 
the  practitioner  than  electricity;  and  this  is  a  great  advantage. 
The  author  is  often  asked  if  he  thinks  his  electric  system  will 
ever  supersede  the  use  of  medicines.  His  answer  is  uniformly, 
"No."  It  takes  too  much  time  for  that.  Where  the  ])opula-* 
tion  is  crowded,  as  in  cities  and  large  towns,  it  is  often  the 
case,  especially  in  times  of  prevailing  epidemic,  that  a  physi- 
cian can  prescribe  medicine  for  half  a  dozen  or  more  patients  in 
the  time  required  to  treat  one  electrically.  To  reject  medicines 
and  rely  alone  on  electricity  vould,  in  periods  and  places  of 
prevailing  sickness,  leave  many  sufferers  without  professional 
service,  or  would  require  that  the  proportion  of  doctors  to  the 
whole  population  should  be  largely  increased — a  thing  certainly 
not  oflen  to  be  desired.     So  much,  candor  must  concede. 


INTRODUCTION. 


19 


0  their  C()np»'|>tioii 
Iftk  of  discredit  or 
era  that  this  ideti 
'a  pmctical  veriti- 
liHoase — acute  and 
tnally  treated  and 
one. 

if  it  be  tnio  that 
They  are  also  done 
and  conveniently 
le  patient.  What, 
ictric  Bystem  above 
ule,  in  the  latter, 

by  the  most  of 

which  the  author 
refore,  answers: 
•ity  of  diseases,  (the 
ired  by  the  use  of 
enerally  Ihj  adinin- 
inditure  of  time  to 

a  great  advantage, 
ilectric  system  will 
iswer  18  uniformly, 
Where  the  popula-' 
ns,  it  is  often  the 
emic,  that  a  physi- 
3r  more  patients  in 
lo  reject  medicines 
•iods  and  places  of 
ithout  professional 
n  of  doctors  to  the 
— a  thing  certainly 
nust  concede. 


■tv- 


S«fnn(J.  -\t  is  not  cpiite  true  that  inedieiiiPft  are  usually  1j8» 
annoying  to  the  patiein.  'ban  electricity  as  iff  use  it.  As  ad- 
ministered bv  others,  it  is  otYeu  nearly  intolerable.  In  our 
hands,  on  the  contrary,  it  seldom  inflicts  any  pain  or  distress, 
and  almost  invariably  becomes  agreeable  to  the  patient  at\er  a 
very  few  aj)plioHtiona,  We  have  no  occasion  to  torture  our 
patients  in  order  to  cure  them.  But  the  cases  are  com])ar^- 
tively  rare  where  medicines  are  not  offensive;  commonly  they 
are  |K)Hitively  80.  .     -^    •,         t*,"'-   .:    '  ' 

Tliird. — In  not  a  few  diseases,  and  these  among  tlje  most 
dangerous  or  distressful,  the  electric  current,  employed  accord- 
ing to  the  system  here  taught,  is  able  to  reach,  control  and 
cure,  with  facility,  where  medicines  are  but  slowly,  and  in  most 
instances  imperfectly  successful,  or  fail  altogether.  This  is  said, 
or  meant  to  be  said,  not  invidiously  no^  boastingly,  but  in  the 
candid  utterance  of  a  great  and  practically  demonstrated  truth. 
It  is,  perhaps,  most  frequently  exemplified  in  neuralgic,  rheu- 
matic and  paralytic  affections.  The  author  is  happy  to  acknowl- 
edge that  these  diseases  are  often  mitigated,  and  occasionally 
cured,  by  means  of  electrical  treatment  administered  by  those 
who  know  nothing  of  the  system  here  taught.  But  the  import- 
ant fact  is,  in  their  hands  there  is  no  certainty  as  to  the  effect 
before  trial.  Under  this  system,  the  kind  of  effect  is  ap  cer- 
tainly known  before  as  after  ♦■he  trial,  since  it  can  be  made  one 
thing  or  another  at  will. 

Cases  are  not  unfrequently  presented  of  infiammatory  action, 
more  especially  where  it  is  internal  —  traumatic  cases  and 
others — which  the  practitioner  finds  it  impossible  to  reduce 
with  medicine.  But,  with  a  proper  knowledge  of  the  system 
herein  taught,  he  has  at  his  command  a  power  with  which  he 
can  control  such  cases  with  almost  infallible  certainty,  provided 
he  can  get  access  to  them  within  reasonable  time.  The  same 
may  be  said  of  fevers,  particularly  those  occasioned  by  mias- 
matic or  infectious  virus.    These  are  often  difficult  to  manage 

:•:■:?''     '''i    ■■'"■■'■ 


90 


INTBOnDCriON. 


V/ 


l»y  the  line  of  Jnodin'iu*,  nnd  not  Hi'Idoin  prove  fiitui,  in  Bpito  of 
tl»e  l)est  tftlent  and  Kkill  which  the  proft'Hsion  ciiii  aftord.  fiiit 
the  electric  current,  riglilly  selected  and  HcientiHcally  appliiHl, 
destroys  or  neutralizes  the  virus  and  rctttures  the  normal  }>olar- 
izntion,  anil  ho  eft(>«^ts  a  cure. 

Ncurahfir  nfiWtioni  are  frequently  found  difficult,  or  even 
inipoHHible,  to  be  cured  l>y  means  of  inetiicitieH,  and  yet,  in  the 
very  same  cases,  these  affections  yield  and  disapiH-ar  with  com- 
parative facility  when  brought  under  tlie  electric  current, 
judiciously  applied,  according  to  the  principles  of  this  now 
svstem. 

Chronia  cases,  and  others  of  an  nuthento  character,  are  often 
very  stubborn  under  the  metlicines  of  pharmacy,  and  are  com- 
monly the  dread  of  physicians;  yet,  under  scientific  treatment 
by  electricity,  they  rarely  fail  to  lose  their  formidable  character 
and  to  become  obedient  to  the  reme<lial  agent. 

Fittirth. —  In  enumerating  a  few  of  the  j)eculiar  advantages 
of  this  system,  I  nhould  add  that  it  corrects  the  usual  electrno 
practice  of  the  profession,  so  far  as  they  become  acquainted 
with  it.  As  before  intimated,  the  mass  of  physicians  at  present, 
who  treat  more  or  less  electrically,  do  so  with  no  knowledge, 
or  next  to  none,  of  the  great  veraatility  of  action  of  which  the 
electric  current  is  capable.  They  know  nothing  of  the  elec- 
trical polarization  of  the  living  organism  in  health,  nor  how  it 
is  variously  affected  in  disease.  The  particular  electrical  state 
of  the  diseased  organs  is  a  matter  foreign  to  their  minds.  They 
ap))ear  to  suppose  the  point  to  be  immediately  aimed  at  as  a 
means  of  cure  is  to  get  the  electricity  from  the  machine  into 
the  affected  part  or  parts;  whereas  it  should  be  to  change,  by 
correction,  the  j^olaraizaUon  of  the  part  or  parts;  and,  if  there 
be  virus  present,  to  neutralize  th  -t.  Equally  unacquainted  are 
they  generally  with  the  diverse  physiological  action  of  the 
several  modifications  of  the  electric  force — galvanism,  magnet- 
ism,  faradayism,   and   frictional   electricity.     This,  in  their 


•*"' 


IWTRODXJOnOlf. 


•1 


fatal,  in  Bpitt;  of 
ciiii  alVord.     Rut 
itiH<-ally  ap]>li(Ml, 
the  noriiml  jioliir- 

(lifficult,  or  even 
K,  and  yet,  in  tlio 

'4a|i{H-Hr  with  cum- 
electric   current, 

iplea  of  this  now 

harncter,  are  often 

lacy,  and  are  com- 

ciontific  treatment 

Irniidable  character 

L 

peculiar  advantajjea 
8  the  usual  electrio 
l)ecome  acquainted 
yHiciaiia  at  present, 
ith  no  knowledge, 
iction  of  which  the 
)thing  of  the  elec- 
.  liealth,  nor  how  it 
niar  electrical  state 
their  minds.  They 
ately  aimed  at  as  a 
1  the  machine  into 
,d  be  to  cliange,  by 
parts;  and,  if  there 
y  unacquainted  are 
jical  action  of  the 
galvanism,  magnet* 
|r.     This,   in   their 


oand(»r,  thny  commonly  acknowledge.  And,  for  the  mont  j)art, 
tliey  are  little  or  no  better  ac(}naintod  with  the  dittinctive 
effects  on  the  syntein  of  the  positive  and  negative  poles  of  the 
instrument.  There  is.  therefore,  plainly  no  science  in  their 
electrical  practice.  Everything  is  done  at  random  —  all  is 
empirical. 

liut  the  syntem  here  taught  throws  the  light  upon  all  of  these 
points.  For  practical  purpises,  at  least,  it  is,  in  its  essential 
features,  the  only  system  of  electrical  therapeutics  which  has 
in  it  any  real  merit — the  only  system  which  can  be  tnie.  By 
this,  the  writer  does  not  mean  to  assert,  or  to  imply,  that 
the  book  now  before  tlie  reader  contains  no  error,  either  in 
re8j)ect  to  theory  or  practice.  In  this  early  stage  of  our  sys- 
t€  ri's  history,  it  would  be  remarkable  if  it  did  not  contain 
errors  in  both  these  res}>ect8.  But  what  it  is  intinded  to  affirm 
is,  that  the  book  presents  the  cardinal  features  of  a  true,  and 
the  only  possibly  true,  system  of  electrical  practice.  All  pos- 
sibly true  systems  of  geometry  must  necessaily  be  essentially 
the  same;  and  so,  too,  all  possibly  true  systems  of  electrical 
medication  must  be  essentially  one.  That  one  system,  it  is 
candidly  and  confidently  believed,  is  briefly  contained  in  the 
present  volume. 


■:  ''f\'^ 


PROGRESS  OF  ELECTRIC  SCIENCE. 


it  is  not  a  little  interesting  to  note  the  progress  by  which 
electric  science  has  advanced  from  its  small  l)egiunin,r,-8  and 
some  of  the  experiments  employed  for  its  development,. 

The  first  recorded  discovery  of  the  electric  principle  was  by 
Thales,  a  distinguished  Greek  philosopher  of  Ionia,  about  600 
years  before  the  birth  of  Christ. 

He  observed  it  in  amber,  a  resinous  substance  which  the  most 
of  you  have  probably  seen  in  articles  of  ornament.  Because 
he  first  found  it  in  amber,  he  called  it  electricity,  from  the 
Greek  word  ^i-sxTpov  (^electric),  which  means  amber.  With  a 
curious  and  philosophical  eye,  Thales  observed  that  amber, 
immediately  after  being  briskly  rubbed  as  in  polishing,  drew 
to  itself  other  light  substances  lying  near  it,  such  as  feathers, 
bits  of  paper  or  papyrus,  etc.  With  him,  however,  this  seems 
to  have  been  regarded  merely  as  a  curious  phenomenon. 

No  practical  results  were  deduced  from  it,  nor  does  there 
appear  to  have  been  any  further  discoveries  of  consequence 
made  of  the  presence,  or  the  properties  of  this  remarkable 
agent  for  the  next  two  and  a  half  centuries,  or  thereabouts. 

Then  I^eophrastus,  a  celehratei]  Greek  philosopher,  of  Lesbos, 
who  flourished  over  300  years  before  Christ,  detected  it  in  the 
mineral  called  tourmaline.  After  him  no  advance  worthy  of 
note  was  made  in  the  knowledge  of  electricity  for  nearly  200 
years.  In  the  year  1600  of  the  Christian  era,  Dr.  Oilbert, 
physician  to  King  James  I.,  of  England,  ascertained  that  a 
large  voriety  of  bodies,  as  opal,  diamond,  carbuncle,  saphire, 

(n) 


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MiPMHiPi 


34 


XLEOTBIOAL   80IEN0B. 


It  'I 


If  f 


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1  I 


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quartz,  amethyst,  rock  alum,  and  several  others,  when  excitid 
by  friction,  attract  to  themselves  other  light  substances.  About 
the  same  time  Ott  Gverrioke,  Burgomaster  of  Magdeburg,  dis- 
covered electrical  repulsion,  and  himself  with  two  or  three 
others, — Dr.  Wall,  of  England,  among  them — discovered  also 
the  electric  spark.  Dr.  Wall  procured  a  long  stick  of  amber, 
slightly  tapering,  and  excited  it  by  drawing  it  swiftly  through 
a  bit  of  woolen  cloth  in  the  hand,  when  frequent  little  crackings 
were  heard,  and  each  was  accompanied  with  a  small  jBash  ot 
light.  But  by  presenting  his  finger  near  to  the  amber,  thus 
excited,  a  much  larger  flash  of  light  was  elicited,  attended  by 
a  loud  and  distinct  snap. 

Dr.  Wall  says:  ««It  strikes  the  finger  very  sensibly  where- 
soever applied,  with  a  push  or  pull,  like  wind.    This  light  and 
crachmgr  te  sagaciously  adds,  "  seems  in  some  degre.    o  rep- 
resent  thunder  and    lightninj^."     Bear  in    mind  that  this 
remark  of  Dr.  Wall  was  made  about  150  years  before  Dr. 
Franklin  demonstrated  the  identity  of  electricity  with  lightning! 
Again,  Stephen  Gray,  of  England,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
last  century,  did  considerable  for  the  advancement  of  electrical 
science.     His  principal  experiments  extended  from  about  1734:. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  careful  observer,  especially  of  analo- 
gical relations.     Among  his  other  discoveries,  he  was  the  first 
to  observe  that  knobs  give  off  larger  electric  sparks  than^om^*; 
and  was  thus  led  to  the  following  interesting  but  modest  con- 
jecture.    He  says:  "There  may  be  found  out  a  way  to  collect 
a  greater  quantity  of  the  electric  fire,  and  consequently  to 
increase  the  force  of  that  power,  which,  by  several  of  these 
experiments "   si  licit  magna  componer  parvis.     (If  it  be 
permitted  to  compare  great  things  with  small),  "seems  to  be 
of  the  same  nature  with  that  of  thunder  and  lightning."    This 
was  about  twenty-five  years  before  Franklin's  great  discovery. 
The  Leyden  ja/r  was  the  next  important  discovery  in  elec- 
trical science.    This  was  about  the  middle  of  the  18th  cen- 


iiiippipppi 


when  excit'jd 

Itonces.    About 

'agdeburg,  dis- 

two  or  three 

iscovered  also 

tick  of  amber, 

iwiftly  tliroxigh 

little  crackings 

small  flash  ot 

he  amber,  thus 

ed,  attended  bj 

sensibly  where- 
This  lifiht  and 
3  degre<  o  rep- 
nind  that  this 
ears  before  Dr. 
with  lightningl 
arly  part  of  the 
ent  of  electrical 
•om  about  1734. 
icially  of  analo- 
he  was  the  first 
rks  ihtiM points', 
►ut  modest  con- 
a  way  to  collect 
lonsequently  to 
feveral  of  these 
via.  (If  it  be* 
,  "seems  to  be 
htning."  This 
^reat  discovery, 
icovery  in  elec- 
'  the  18  th  cen- 


XLEOTBIOAL   SCIENCE. 


25 


tarj,  a  few  years  only  before  Franklin  nsed  it  so  successfully 
both  to  give  grandeur  to  electrical  science,  and  immortality  to 
his  own  fame. 

The  honor  of  this  invention  is  held  in  dispute.  It  has  been 
most  commonly  ascribed  to  Prof.  Mnsschenbrock,  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Leyden,  in  Holland,  but,  it  has  lately  been  claimed, 
with  much  seeming  confidence  and  apparently  good  authority, 
for  another  native  of  Leyden,  a  Mr.  Cuncres,  who  it  is  affirmed, 
first  made  the  experiment  by  which  electricity  was  acoumulaiad 
*'on  a  glass  vial  called  the  Leyden  jar,  because  the  experiment 
was  made  by  a  native  of  Leyden,  but,"  the  same  writer  adds, 
"  the  pei-son  who  made  the  discovery  of,  or  observed  first  the 
phenomenon,  was  a  Mr.  Yon  Kleest,  the  Dean  of  Commin. 
On  the  4th  of  November,  1745,  the  first  shock  was  felt  by  this 
gentleman."  (See  Dr.  A.  0.  Garratt's  Medical  Usen  of  Elec- 
tricity, page  67,  2d  edition.) 

Cuncres'  experiment  was  made  by  placing  a  vial,  or  thick 
brass  wire,  in  an  apothecary's  glass  vial,  and  then  charging  the 
metal  with  electricity.  Von  Kleest  says:  "When  this  is  done 
very  remarkable  effects  do  follow."  Shortly  after  this,  Muss- 
chenbrock,  repeated  the  experiment  with  a  very  thin  glass 
bowl,  and  got  a  terrible  shock.  These  experiments  led  to  the 
improved  Leyden  ja/r,  as  we  now  have  it;  but  its  essential 
principles  were  discovered  first  by  the  rude  proce&s  that  I 
'  have  here  stated. 

There  must  have  been  some  great  rashness  in  conducting 
these  early  experiments  with  the  Leyden  vial,  or  else  the  phil- 
osophers in  their  surprise  and  excitement  at  the  mysterious 
phenomena,  must  have  given  most  exaggerated  accounts  of  the 
results  of  their  experiments. 

Musschenbrock  says,  he  received  such  a  concussion  in  his  arms, 
shoulders  and  heart  that  he  lost  his  breath,  and  it  required  two 
days  to  recover  from  the  blow  and  terror;  and  he  declared  that 
for  the  kingdom  of  France,  he  would  not  take  another  such  shock. 


•'  \. 


■  -■'..■,>■»•-■■••», 


«aMMaMMai 


26 


KLECTRICAL   SCIKNOB. 


"Winkler  affirmed  that  his  body  was  thrown  into  such  violent  con 
vnlsions  by  it,  and  his  blood  into  snch  an  agitation,  that  he  "  .'as 
obliged  to  take  cooling  medicines  to  keep  oif  fever.  At  another 
time  as  he  says,  the  shock  produced  in  him  hemorrhage  at  the 
nose,  and  that  the  same  effect  was  experienced  by  his  wife, 
who  was  almost  deprived  of  the  power  to  walk.  The  report  of 
these  remarkable  effects  excited  the  attention  and  curiosity  of 
all  classes  of  people.  "  Nearly  everybody  wanted  to  experience 
the  singnlar  sensation,  and  a  host  of  men,  half  taught,  sought 
to  fill  their  pockets  by  wandering  over  tiie  country  as  elec- 
tricians to  excite  the  amazement,  and  gn^tiiy  the  curiosity  of 
the  people  with  the  strange  phenomena."  It  is  but  justice  to 
say  here  that  the  discovery  of  the  ^'■Leyden  vial"  or  Jar  was 
due  to  a  previota  discovery  by  that  prince  of  philosophers. 
Sir  Isaac  Newton;  which  was,  that  electricity  exerts  its  power, 
both  of  attraction  and  repulsion,  tnrough  glass.  The  electrical 
philosopters  were  entirely  unable  to  account  for  the  operation 
of  the  Leydenjar,  until  Dr.  Franklin  develo}>ed  its  true  prin- 
ciples. His  theory  of  it  was  at  once  adopted,  and  since  that 
time  has  been  everywhere  accepted  as  satisfactory.  Dr.  Frank- 
lin, having  in  1752  discovered  the  jpVus  and  mirvua  of  electrical 
states  or  the  positive  and  negative  polarities,  observed  the  out- 
side of  the  jar  was  always  negative,  and  this  he  proved  by  the 
following  experiment:  He  brought  the  free  ends  of  the  two 
conducting  wires  nearer  to  each  other,  these  opposite  ends 
being  connected,  the  one  with  the  outside  and  the  other  with 
the  inside  coating  of  the  jar — the  jar  being  coated  with  metallic 
covering,  and  between  these  free  ends  he  suspended  a  small 
cork  ball.  The  ball  was  immediately  attracted  and  repelled 
alternately  by  each  wire,  swinpjing  like  a  pendulum  between 
them  until  the  jar  was  discharged.  This  showed  that  here 
were  opposing  forces  exercising  control  over  the  ball;  since  it 
was  always  repelled  from  the  wire  which  it  last  touched,  and 
at  the  same  instant  was  always  attracted  by  the  other. 


•>  _  <■'■      ;«'■  '  ■  *'-^'--i'  K,: 


wmmm 


ELBCTBICAI.   80IEM0B. 


27 


\h  violent  con 
[,  that  he  "  /as 
At  another 

irrhage  at  the 
by  his  wife, 

[The  report  of 
curiosity  of 

to  experience 

aught,  sought 

intry  as  elec- 
cuiiosity  of 

>ut  justice  to 
or  Jar  was 

philosophers, 
;rt8  its  power, 

The  electrical 

the  operation 

its  true  prin- 
nd  since  that 
'.  Dr.  Frank- 
«  of  electrical 
Bfved  the  out- 
proved  by  the 
is  of  the  two 
opposite  ends 
he  other  with 

with  metallic 
nded  a  small 

and  repelled 
Inm  between 
ed  that  here 
ball;  since  it 
touched,  and 
ther. 


This  demonstrated  the  Jhct  of  the  opposite  electrical  states; 
and  these  opposite  states  he  showed  to  be  plus  and  mimu  or 
jwsitvve  and  negative,  one  side  losing  what  the  other  side 
gained,  or  gaining  what  the  other  side  lost,  by  varying  the  ex- 
periment as  follows:  He  suspended  a  small  linen  thread  from 
hi»  hand,  near  to  a  charged  jar,  and  then  observed  that  the 
outside  coating  of  the  jar  attracted  the  thread  to  itself  when- 
ever he  brought  a  finger  of  the  other  hand  near  the  wire  that 
was  connected  with  the  inside  coating,  the  outside  coating 
plainly  drawing  in,  by  way  of  the  thread,  the  same  quantity 
of  the  electric  fluid  that  was  taken  away  from  the  inside  by 
Way  of  the  finger.  Here  it  was  proved,  as  Franklin  con- 
sidered, that  the  outside  and  inside  coating  of  the  jar  were  not 
only  in  opposite  electrical  states,  but  also  that,  in  the  chang- 
ing of  the  jar,  the  inside  of  it  gains  simply  what  the  outside 
loses,  and  consequently  that  the  difference  between  the  op- 
posite electrical  states  is  only  that  of  plus  and  mirvus  or  posi- 
tive and  negative.  Soon  after  the  invention  of  the  Leyden 
jar,  a  little  more  than  100  years  ago,  a  good  deal  of  interest 
was  excited  in  philosophic  circles  by  the  experiment  of  Dr. 
Watson,  afterwards  Sir  William  Watson.  This  gentleman 
associated  with  himself  several  other  Englishmen  for  the  pur> 
pose  of  ascertaining,  by  trial,  the  distance  to  which  the  elec- 
tric action  could  be  carried  and  the  velocity  of  its  motion.  Tlie 
historian  says,  ««0n  the  14th  and  17th  of  July,  1747,  they 
succeeded  in  conveying  the  shook  across  the  Thames  at  West- 
Minster  bridge,  by  an  iron  wire,  the  water  of  the  river  form- 
ing a  part  of  the  chain  of  communication."  It  is  said  that 
one  of  the  party  held  in  one  hand  a  wire,  which  communi- 
cated with  the  jar,  and  received  the  shock  by  dipping  an  irtn 
rod,  held  in  the  other  hand,  into  the  water  of  the  river.  Of 
course,  the  wire  that  ran  from  the  jar,  across  the  river,  on 
the  bridge,  must  have  had  its  further  end  placed  in  the  river,  or 
in  the  moist  ground,  in  order  to  complete  the  circuit.     Oa 


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11 


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XLEOTBIOAL   8CIEN0K. 


t'le  24th  of  the  same  month,  Dr.  "Watson  and  his  party,  at 
two  different  places,  one  It  New  River,  the  other  at  Stroke 
Kewington,  succeeded  in  sending  the  charge  over  two  miles. 
In  one  of  these  experiments  some  800  feet,  or  over  a  mile  and  a 
lialf  of  the  distance  was  through  the  water.  As  in  neither  of 
their  experiments  was  any  ^perceptible  time  occupied  in  the 
passage,  they  concluded  it  was  instantaneous.  These  experi- 
ments of  Dr.  Watson  and  his  associates  produced  a  profound 
impression  on  the  scientific  mind  at  that  day,  and  did  much  to 
stimulate  further  researches  in  respect  to  the  mysterious  nature 
and  laws  of  electricity.  Yet  how  far  they  were  from  giv- 
ing the  remotest  conception  of  what  is  witnessed  in  our  own 
time.  Who  at  that  day,  less  than  120  years  ago,  could  have 
thought  of  encircling  a  continent  and  spanning  the  ocean 
with,  and  making  an  intelligible  messenger  of,  that  invisible 
ngent  that  was  found  playing  on  the  rubbed  surface  of  a  bit 
of  glass  or  a  stick  of  amber? 

In  June  of  the  same  year  (1752)  in  which  Dr.  Franklin  discov- 
ered the  distinction  of  positive  and  negative  electrical  states, 
and  explained  the  principles  of  the  Leyden  jar,  he  made  in 
Philadelphia  his  celebrated  kite  experiment,  by  which  he 
"  bottled  up  the  b'ghtning"  and  demonstrated  the  identity  of 
electricity  with  lightning.  He  also  proved  the  same  fact 
again  by  an  ingenious  apparatus  in  his  house,  "  connecting  an 
insulated  iron  rod  with  two  bells,  which  indicated  by  their 
Hngvn^g  that  the  rod  was  electrified. "  In  this  experiment  he 
found  the  effects  from  natural  and  artifici.  i  electricity  to  be 
the  same.  He  also  made  the  interesting  discovery  that  the 
clouds  are  sometimes  ^ow^iwZy  and  sometimes  negatively  qXw^- 
trified,  and  that  they  often  change  their  electrical  states  during 
the  same  storm.  At  one  time  he  found  the  atmpsphere 
strongly  electrified  during  a  fall  of  snow.  Dr.  Franklin  was  a 
man  eminently  practical,  and  delighted  in  subordinating  phil- 
osophical research,  to  purposes  of  •uHUtn/.    When,  therefore, 


XLEOTBIOAL   SOIENOK. 


29 


he  fonnd  that  he  conld,  by  means  of  a  conductor,  draw  elec- 
tricity from  tlie  clouds,  it  was,  to  such  a  mind  as  his,  perfectly 
natural  that  he  should  seek  at  once  to  turn  his  discovery  to  a 
practical  account.  He  did  bo,  and  soon  electrical  conductors 
were  seen  pointing  upwards  from  the  tops  of  buildings  and 
ships,  desigued  to  divert  from  those  structured  to  the  earth  or 
the  sea,  the  spontaneous  discharges  of  this  fearful  fluid  of  the 
heavens.  His  experiments  in  this  direction  proved  a  success, 
and  was  the  jvrtt  application  of  electrical  science  to  the  prac- 
tical purposes  of  life.  Says  an  eloquent  writer,  "  Hitherto 
electricity  had  not  connected  itself  with  any  phenomena  of 
wider  range  and  importance  than  developed  during  the  excita- 
tion of  glass  and  other  electrics. " 

Astronomy  had  lifted  the  mind  to  the  contemplation  of  the 
most  august  scenes  in  nature;  magnetism  bad  connected  her 
facts  with  the  attraction  of  the  great  globe  itself.  It  had 
indeed  been  conjectured,  as  we  have  seen,  that  the  shock  and 
spark  of  the  electric  machine  were  miniature  effects  of  a  more 
tremendous  agent  But  it  was  reserved  for  onr  own  Franklin 
to  raise  electricity  to  its  true  dignity  among  the  other  branches 
of  human  knowledge.  His  discovery  of  the  identity  of  the 
electric  fluid  with  lightning  was  the  step  by  which  the  change 
was  effected.  The  vulgar  were  astonished  at  the  si^^ht  of  Are 
brought  down  from  heaven,  and  philosophers  themselves  were 
startled  at  the  recollections  that  they  had  been  amusing  them- 
selves with  a  thunder-bolt  and  trifling  with  that  terrible  agent, 
which  had  so  often  alarmed  the  intellectual  and  moral  and  con- 
vulsed the  physical  world.  Indeed,  it  has  been  forcibly  said, 
in  reference  to  that  daring  exploit  of  the  American  philos- 
opher, '<  Human  genins  seems,  on  this  occasion,  to  have  made 
an  impious  excursion,  heyond  its  mortal  range,  and  one  victim 
was  demanded  to  expiate  the  audacious  attempt,  for,  on  the 
6th  of  August,  1758,  Professor  Richman,  of  St.  Petersburg, 
was  struck  dead  while    making  the  experiment  of  drawing 


! 


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80 


lUEOTBIOAL   BOnCNOK. 


electricity  from  the  douds;  as  he  bent  forward  to  his  instn;- 
ment  to  observe  the  degree  or  quantity  of  electricity  which  he 
had  gained,  he  received  a  charge  in  his  head,  which  killed 
him  iuBtantly." 

Since  the  time  of  Dr.  Franklin,  many  able  men  have  taken 
up  the  subject  of  dectricity  and  prosecuted  their  researches 
with  commendable  teal  and  much  success,  until,  with  the 
greatly  diversified  and  improved  instruments  that  have  been 
invented,  this  science,  as  related  to  both  inanimate  and  ani- 
mate, nature,  except  in  its  th^rojmitio  bearings,  has  attained 
a  highly  interesting  and  honorable  position  in  the  cirde  of 


sciencas. 


,46- 


it^D^mmtmimimK  mnimmmmmfiSi 


to  his  Instn;- 

;ity  which  he 

which  killed 

D  hare  taken 
ir  researches 
bil,  with  the 
lat  have  been 
aate  and  ani- 
has  attained 
the  circle  of 


ELECTRICAL  MEDICATION. 


FIRST  PRINCIPLES. 

DB.   «ROMB  KIDDKE'8   BLBOTBO-MAGNIITIO   MAOIIINB. 

On  opening  the  machine-box,  as  it  comes  from  the  manu- 
facturerfthere  will  be  found  a  glass  bottle,  inteuded  to  hold 
the  battery  fluid  when  not  in  use;  a  glass  cup  or  jar,  to  serve 
as  the  battery  cell;  a  pair  of  insulated  metallic  conducting 
cords:  two  tin  electrodes;  a  brass  clamp;  and,  under  the 
helix-box.  (which  raise),  the  battery  metals  and  two  connect- 
ing wires  to  unite  the  battery  with  the  helix. 

To  put  the  machine  in  working  condition— ready  for  use- 
proceed,  step  by  Step,  as  follows,  viz  :  Prepare  the  Battery 
FhM  by  mixing  twelve 'parts,  by  measure,  ot  water  with  one 
part  of  sulphuric  acid,  (good  commercial  acid  is  pure  enough), 
efficient  to  fill  the  ceU  two-thirds  or  three- fourths  full,  and 
place  in  it  about  one  teaspoonfnl  of  quicksilver 

Next  place  the  platina  plate  between  the  two  zinc  plates, 
standing  on  their  legs  upon  a  table  before  you;  and  bring  the 
top  of  ^e  wooden  bar  (in  a  groove  of  which  the  platina  is  set) 
up  flush  with  the  top  of  the  jBinc  plates.  Let  the  brass  iH>st, 
Standing  on  the  top  of  this  bar  and  soldered  ^  the  platxna 
plate  bdow,  be  toward  the  left-hand  side.  Then  take  the  brass 
clamp  and  place  it  across  the  top  of  these  metellic  plates,  a 
litde  to  the  right  of  the  brass  post,  or  about  midway  ^twcen 
the  rijsht  and  left  sides,  having  its  thumb-screw  towards  you, 

^  (3») 


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32 


XLXOTBIOAL   SOIENOB. 


and  with  it  screw  the  three  plates  firmly  together.  The  y\ui' 
ina  is  shorter  than  tlie  zincs,  to  prevent  its  reacliing  the  quick- 
silver in  the  hottom  of  the  cell;  and  tlie  wax  balls  on  its  sides 
are  to  insulate  it  from  the  zinc  plates.  The  platina  should 
never  be  allowed  to  touch  the  mercury  or  the  zinc. 

Let  the  plates,  properly  screwed  together,  be  now  placed  in 
the  cell  with  the  Battery  Fluid.  Then,  with  the  two  copper 
connecting-wires,  connect  the  post  which  stands  on  the  wooden 
bar  above  the  platina  with  the  post  stamped  P  on  the  helix- 
box,  and  the  brass  clamp  N  with  the  post  N  on  the  helix-box. 

If,  now,  the  screws  regulating  the  vibrating  armature  be  in 
perfect  adjustment,  the  current  will  commence  to  run,  with  a 
buzzing  sound ;  or  it  may  be  made  to  start  by  touching  the 
hammer-lfke  head  of  the  flat  steel  spring.  If  not,  the  screws 
may  be  rightly  adjusted  in  the  follo>^ing  way  :  The  top  screw, 
which  at  its  lower  point  io  tipped  with  a  small  coil  of  platii:a 
wire,  should  be  made  to  press  delicately  upon  the  center  of  the 
little  iron  plate  on  the  upper  side  of  the  spring,  so  as  to  ber.r 
the  latter  down  very  slightly.  Then  raise  or  depress  the  screws 
magnci;,  which  tnrns  up  or  down  under  the  hammer,  like  the 
seat  of  a  piano-stool,  until  the  vibration  of  the  spring  com- 
mences. The  rapidity  of  the  vibratioMy  by  which  is  secured 
the  alternate  closing  and  breaking  of  the  electric  circuit  (tr 
rather  what,  in  practical  effects,  is  equivalent  to  this — the  di' 
red  ard  reverse  action  of  the  current  in  alternation)  is  in^ 
creased  by  raising  the  screw-magnet  and  diminished  by  lower-  • 
ing  it.  When  it  is  raised  above  what  is  required  for  ordinary 
use,  the  noise  becomes  too  loud  and  harsh  for  many  nervous 
patients  to  bear.     It  should  then  be  depressed  a  little. 

With  respect  to  curative  power,  I  have  discovered  but  little 
perceptible  difference,  produced  by  the  various  degrees  of  rap- 
idity in  the  vibrations,  effected  within  the  range  of  this  magnet. 

jT/m  foree  of  the  current  is  regulate  by  means  of  a  tubular 
magnet,  which  slides  over  the  helix,  and  is  called  the  plunger. 


,M.. 


!r.  The  plui- 
ng  tbo  quick- 
B  on  its  sides 
)lAtma  should 
ic. 

low  placed  in 

lie  two  copper 

>n  the  wooden 

on  the  helix- 

the  helix-box. 

mature  be  in 

0  mn,  with  » 

touching  the 

lot,  the  screws 

rhe  top  screw, 

coil  of  platira 

B  center  of  the 

,  so  as  to  be};r 

ress  the  screw- 

amer,  like  the 

a  spring  com- 

icL  is  secured 

rio  circuit  (ir 

» this — the  di' 

rnation)  is  in-^ 

jhed  by  lower-  t 

d  for  ordinary 

many  nervous 

little. 

ered  but  little 
iegrees  of  rap- 
if  this  magnet, 
is  of  a  tubular 
i  the  plunger. 


ZLKOTBIOAL   SOIENOK. 


83 


It  is  approached  under  a  brass  cap  at  the  right-hand  end  of  the 
machine.  The  plunger  ia  withdrawn,  more  or  less,  to  increase 
the  force;  pushed  in  to  diminish  it.  If  in  any  case  the  current 
can  not  be  softened  sufficiently  with  the  plunger,  the  quantity 
of  battery  fluid  in  use  must  be  made  less. 

After  a  time  the  current  will  become  weak,  and  fail  to  run 
well.  Then  renew  the  battery  fluid.  "When  the  quicksilver  is 
all  taken  up  by  the  zinc  plates,  the  machine  may  be  run  for  a 
while  without  adding  more.  But  after  il  has  considerably  (Hh- 
appenrcd  from  the  inside  surface  of  the  zinc  plates,  the  latter 
will  begin  to  show  more  rapid  corrosion,  while  the  current 
will  be  less.  Then  let  a  small  quantity  of  quicksilver — one- 
fourth  to  one-tliird  of  an  ounce — again  be  placed  in  the  fluid. 

When  the  machine  is  not  in  use,  let,  the  metals  be  removed 
from  the  fluid ;  and,  if  not  to  be  soon  again  used,  let  them  be 
rinsed  with  water,  carefully  avoiding  to  wet  the  wooden  bar  in 
which  the  platina  is  set 

The  posts,  with  which  the  conducting-cords  are  to  be  con- 
nectcd,  are  arranged  in  a  row  near  thb  front  of  the  helix-box, 
and  are  marked  A,  B,  0,  D,  E.  Either  two  of  these  posts 
may  be  used  to  obtain  a  current;  and  zince  they  admit  of  six 
varying  combinations,  six  to  ten  diflerent  currents  are  afibrded 
by  the  machine,  viz:  the  A  B  current,  the  A  0  current,  the 
A  D  current,  the  B  C  current,  the  B  D  current,  and  the 
0  D  and  D  E  current,.  Whichever  current  is  used,  it  may 
always  be  known  which  of  the  two  posts  employed  is  the  posi- 
tive and  which  the  negative,  by  observing  the  letters  stamped 
upon  their  tops.  The  one  whose  letter  comes  first  in  order  of 
the  alphabet  is  positive;  the  other  is  negative.  Also,  the 
one  ^.tanding  towards  the  left  hand  is  positive,  and  that  at  the 
right  hand  is  negative.  ITie  qualities  of  the  several  currents 
are  stated  in  a  descriptive  paper  on  the  inside  of  the  lid  oi 
the  machine,  which  see.  It  will  there  be  found  that  three  of 
the  currents — viz:  the  A  B,  the  A  0  and  the  A  D  currents — 


itUimim 


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■.■0TBI04L  •OirMOa. 


Are  sUctrolytio:  that  is,  dUaoWing  by  electric  action.  These 
eIectrol)rtic  currents  require  to  l)o  usud — one  or  another  of 
them — whenever  any  chemical  action  is  needed;  as,  in  decom- 
|H>Biiig  or  neutralizing  virun  in  tlie  ayatem,  destroying  canjcrs, 
reducing  glands  when  chronically  enlarged,  removing  tumors 
)r  other  abnormal  growths,  and  in  treating  old  nlcera  and 
chronic  irritation  of  mucus  meiubranes.  The  other  thre«i 
being  Faraday ic or  induction  currents,  and  having  no  {wrceptibly 
chemical  action,  are  UBe<i  where  only  change  of  electro-vital 
polarization  is  required.  These  Faradayio  currents  differ  from 
each  other  in  respect  to  being  oono&ntrativa  or  d^j^uaive  in 
their  effects,  and  in  their  sensational  force.  B  0  is  concentra- 
tive  and  delicately  sensational.  0  D  is  also  ooncentrative, 
though  V>Bs  so  than  B  0,  and  is  more  strongly  sensational.  B  D 
is  diffuk:<''e,  and  the  most  energetically  sensational  of  the  three. 
See  Kidder's  catalogue  for  full  directions  for  different  machines. 

FOLABIZATIOV. 

It  may  be  proper,  in  this  place,  to  spend  a  few  words  upon 
electrical  polarization  in  general. 

Electrical  polarity  may  be  defined  as  a  diaracteristic  of  the 
electric  or  magnetic  fluid,  by  virtue  of  which  its  opposite 
qualities,  as  those  of  attraction  and  repulsion  towards  the 
same  object,  are  manifested  in  opposite  pa.  -  •>f  the  electric  or 
magnetic  body.  Tliese  opposite  parts  iro  called  the  poles 
of  the  body,  as  the  positive  and  negati/oe  poles.  The  dif- 
ference between  the  positive  and  negative  poles  is  believed 
to  be  that  of  plus  and  ndntis — plus  being  positive  and  minus 
negative.  This  is  the  Franklinian  view,  and,  if  I  mistake 
not,  is  the  one  most  in  favor  with  men  of  science  at  the 
present  day.  This  view  supposes  that  the  electric!^  or  mag- 
netism arrranges  itself  in  maiBvmum  quantity  and  intensity  at 
the  one  extremity  or  pole  of  the  magnetized  body,  and  in  min- 
imum, quantity  and  intensity  at  the  opposite  extremity  or 


■T.BOTRIOAL   iOIKNOK. 


85 


lotlon.  Theae 
or  another  of 
;  a«,  in  decora - 
•oyliig  oanctrs, 
moving  tumorii 
[)ld  nlcers  and 
le  other  thre«» 
;  no  i)«rceptibly 
)f  electro-vital 
ents  differ  from 
or  diffusive  in 

0  is  concentra- 

1  ooncentrative, 
nsational.  B  D 
lal  of  the  threo. 
[erent  machines. 


few  words  upon 

acteristic  of  the 
ich  its  opposite 
on  towards  the 
•f  the  electric  or 
called  the  poles 
oles.  The  dif- 
oles  is  believed 
itive  and  minus 
id,  if  I  mistake 
^  science  at  the 
sctricity  or  mag- 
and  intensity  at 
[)dy,  and  in  min- 
ite  extremity  or 


pole;  and  that,  between  these  ]K)iritK  -the  maximum  and  the 
minimum — the  fluid  is  distributed,  in  i-es})eot  to  quantity  and 
intensity  U[>on  a  scale  of  regular  gnuluation  from  the  one  to 
the  other.  The  idea  may  be  repreweiited  by  a  line,  commenc- 
ing in  a  point  at  the  one  end,  and  extending,  with  regularly 
increasing  breadth,  to  the  other  end.  The  larger  end  would 
represent  the  jjositive  pole,  and  the  smaller,  the  negative  pole. 
Or  perhaps  a  better  re]>resentHtion  of  the  magnet  would  be  a 
line  of  equal  breadth  from  end  to  end,  but  having  the  one  end 
white,  or  slightly  tinted,  say,  with  red,  and  the  color  gradu- 
ally and  regularly  increasing  in  strength  to  the  other  end, 
where  it  becomes  a  deep  scarlet.  Let  the  coloring-matter 
represent  the  magnetism  in  the  body  charged,  and  we  have  the 
magnet  illustrated  in  its  polarization:  the  deep-red  end  is  the 
positive  pole,  and  the  white  or  faintly-colored  end  is  the  ne- 
gative pole. 

It  is  a  law  of  polarization  that  the  positive  poles  of  different 
magnets  repel  each  other,  and  the  negative  poles  repel  each 
other;  while  positive  and  negative  poles  attract  each  other. 
The  same  law  of  polarization  rules  in  electric  or  ma^etic 
currents  as  in  magnets  at  rest. 

THE   ELEOTBIO   OIBOUIT. 

The  EUctrio  Circuit  is  made  up  of  anything  and  everything 
which  serves  to  conduct  the  electric  current  in  its  passage — 
outward  and  returning — from  where  it  leaves  the  inner  surfaces 
of  the  zinc  plates  in  the  battery  cell  to  where  it  comes  back 
again  to  the  outer  surfaces  of  the  same  plates.  When  the  con- 
ducting-cords  are  not  attached  to  the  machine,  or  when  the 
communication  between  the  cords  is  not  complete,  if  the  ma- 
chine be  running,  the  circuit  is  then  composed  of  the  battery 
fluid,  the  platina  plate,  the  poats,  the  connecting  wires,  which 
unite  the  battery  with  the  helix,  the  helical  wires,  and  their 
appendages  tor  the  vibrating  action.    But  when  a  patient  is 


-?:• 


■i  ■:.: 


36 


XLECTBIOAL   BOIENOB. 


under  treatment,  the  conducting-cords,  the  electrodes,  and  m> 
much  of  the  patient's  person  as  is  traversed  by  the  current 
while  passing  from  the  positive  electrode  through  to  the  nega- 
tive electrode,  are  also  included  in  the  whole  circuit.  And 
whatever  elements  may  serve  to  conduct  the  current  in  any 
part  of  its  circuit — be  they  metal,  fluid,  nerve,  muscle,  or 
bone — the  same  are  all,  for  the  time,  component  parts  of  one 
complete  magnet,  whicl .,  in  all  its  parts,  is  subject  to  the  law 
of  polarization,  precisoiy  as  if  it  were  one  magnetized  bar  of 
steel.  Usually,  however,  it  is  sufficient  for  practical  pur- 
poses to  contemplate  the  circuit  as  consisting  only  of  that 
which  the  current  passes  through  in  going  from  the  point 
where  it  leaves  the  positive  post  and  enters  into  the  negative 
cord,  around  to  the  point  where  it  leaves  the  positive  cord  and 
enters  into  the  negative  post. 


v.-      -J  POLAKIZATION    OP  THE   OIBOUTT. 

I  have  said,  in  effect,  a  little  above,  that,  while  tha  current 
is  running,  the  entire  circuit  is  one  complete  magnet,  which 
extends  from  the  inner  or  positive  sides  of  the  zinc  plates, 
where  the  current  commences,  all  the  way  around  to  the  outer 
or  negative  sides  of  the  zinc  plates,  to  .\  n.ch  it  returns.  Viewed 
in  this  light  its  negative  pole  or  end  is  the  battery  fluid,  next 
to  the  positive  surfaces  of  the  zinc  plates,  and  its  positive  pole 
or  end  is  the  brass  clamp  which,  holding  tl  e  metals  together, 
is  in  contact  with  the  outer  and  negative  surfaces  of  the  zincs. 

But,  for  practical  purposes,  it  is  sufficiently  exact  to  consider 
the  magnetic  circuit  as  extending  only  from  the  positive  post 
around  through  the  conducting  cords,  the  electrodes  and  the 
person  of  the  patient  to  the  negative  post.  Tlie  negative  end 
or  polo  of  thie.  magnet  is  the  wire  end  of  the  cord  placed  iu 
the  positive  post,  and  the  positive  end  or  pol#  is  the  wire  end 
of  the  cord  placed  in  the  negative  post. 

But  any  jnagnet  may  be  viewed  either  as  one  whole,  or.be 


XLBOmUOAL   80IBN0B. 


87 


ectrodes,  and  M> 
by  the  current 
ugh  to  the  nega- 
e  circuit.  And 
current  in  any 
erve,  muscle,  or 
ent  parts  of  one 
ubject  to  the  law 
lagnetized  bar  of 
)r  ^practical  pur- 
ng  only  of  that 
from  the  point 
into  the  negative 
positive  cord  and 


r. 

while  the  current 
ste  magnetf  which 
f  the  zinc  plates, 
round  to  the  outer 
.t  returns.  Viewed 
battery  fluid,  next 
d  its  positive  pole 
8  metals  together, 
■faces  of  the  zincs. 
y  exact  to  consider 
the  positive  post 
electrodes  and  the 
Tlie  negative  end 
he  cord  placed  iu 
at  is  the  wire  end 

8  one  whole,  or. be 


j;  conceived  as  composed  of  a  succession  of  shorter  magnets  placed 
end  to  end.  If  we  view  it  as  one  entire  magnet,  we  call  the  end 
in  which  the  magnetic  essence  ia  in  greatest  quantity  the^«- 
itw6  end,  and  the  end  where  it  is  in  least  quantity  the  negati/oe 
end.    But  if  we  imagine  the  one  whole  magnet  as  being  divided 

'.  up  into  several  sections,  then  we  conceive  of  each  sectio:i  >>n  a 

-(distinct  magnet,  haviiig  its  own  positive  and  negative  poles. 

'  Andj'all  the  way  through,  these  sectional  magnets  will  be  ar- 
ranged with  the  positive  pole  of  the  one  joined  to  the  negative 

:»pole  of  the  next  in  advance  of  it. 

It  is.  just  BO  in  respect  to  the  magnetic  circuit  of  a  moving 
current.  The  whole  circuit,  as  before  remarked,  is  in  reality 
one  long  magnet.  But  in  applying,  the  terms  jwaitwe  and 
negative  in  our  practice  we  often  view  the  whole  circuit — the 
one  long  magnet — as  composed  of  a  series  of  shorter  ones,  ar- 
ranged with  positive  and  negative  ends  in  contact;  and  all  the 
way  the  current  in  each  section  is  supposed  to  be  running  from 
the  positive  pole  of  the  magnet  behind  to  the  negative  pole  of 
the  magnet  before. 

We  consider  the  circuit,  from  the  positive  post  around  to  the 
negative  post,  as  composed  of  three  magnets,  as  follows  Mag- 
net No.  1,  which  extends  from  the  positive  post,  along  iLe  cord 
and  electrode,  to  the  body  of  the  patient,  where  the  positive 
electrode  is  placed.  Tlie  negatwe  pole  of  this  magnet  is  the 
w  re  end  of  the  o:,rd  placed  in  the  positive  post,  and  its  posi- 
tive pole  in  the  positive  electrode  placed  upon  the  person  of 
the  patient.  No.  2,  which  is  composed  of  tlie  parts  of  the 
patient  traversed  by  the  current  between  the  two  electrodes. 
Its  negative  end  or  pole  is  tae  part  in  contact  with  the  positive 
pole  of  magnet  No.  1,  and  its  positive  pole  is  the  part  in  contact 
with  the  negative  pole  of  magnet  No.  3.  No.  3  extends  from 
the  positive  pcle  of  No.  2,  through  the  electrode  and  dong 
the  cord,  to  the  negative  post.  Its  negative  pole  is  the  negative 
elecirode  in  contnct  with  the  positive  end  or  pole  of  magnet 


Min... -I  -        ■ 

.  ...I, ...»', 


I  llri'iUryii  li  ft 


lil^ 


38 


ELBCTBICAI.  SOIKNOB. 


No.  2,  and  its  positive  pole  is  the  tovre  end  of  the  cord  in  the 
negative  post. 

Since  in  every  magnet  the  magnetic  flnid  is  supposed  to  be 
regularly  graduated  from  minimum  quantity  in  the  negative 
end  to  maximum  quantity  in  the  positive  end,  this  is  true  in 
respect  to  the  one  magnet,  consisting  of  the  wlioie  magnetic 
circuit,  as  well  as  in  respect  to  each  one  of  the  sectional  series. 
Consequently  there  must  be  the  same  quantity  of  magnetism 
in  each  negative  pole  of  the  sections  as  there  is  in  the  positive 
pole  of  the  section  immediately  behind  it.  And  the  magnet- 
ism of  the  whole  circuit  between  the  positive  and  the  negative 
posts  is  in  its  least  volume  next  to  the  positive  post,  and  in 
fullest  volume  next  to  the  negative  post.  If  we  consider  the 
circuit  as  divided  into  two  equal  halves,  the  negative  half  is 
plainly  that  which  io\m\hQ  positive  post,  and  iXae  positive  half 
that  which  joins  the  negative  post. 

From  this  it  will  be  seen  that  what  in  practice  are  desig- 
nated as  the  positive  and  negative  posts,  and  also  positive  and 
negative  poles  or  electrodes  are  not  such  mj.  relation  to  each 
other,  but  the  reverse  of  it;  that  is  to  say,  the  positive  jt>o«^  is 
not  positive  in  relation  to  the  negative  post,  but  is  negative  to 
it;  and  the  positive  electrode  or  pole  is  not  positive  in  relation 
to  the  negative  electrode,  but  negative  to  it.  The  positive  j?m<, 
like  the  positive  electrode,  is  called  positive,  because  it  is  the 
positi\  end  of  the  sectional  magnet  next  behind  it.  And  the 
negative  post,  as  also  the  negative  electrode,  is  called  negative 
because  it  is  the  negative  end  of  the  sectional  magnet  next  in 
advance  of  it. 


1-i?- 


THE   OENTSAL   FOINT  OF   THE   OIRCTTIT. 

7%tf  central  point  of  the  circuit — that  point  which  divides 
between  its  positive  and  negative  halves — is  reckoned,  in  prac- 
tice, to  be  tlie  midway  point  in  the  line  over  which  the  current 
parses,  in  its  whole  course  from  the  positive  post  around  to 


vy-.-^i-'-'ii.. 


'  -t-,  ''^: 


ELGOTRIOAL   SOISNOS. 


n 


the  negative  post.  When  the  cords  are  of  eqnal  length,  thia 
point  will  always  be  in  the  person  of  the  patient,  about  mid- 
way between  the  parts  where  the  two  electrodes  are  applied. 
This  central  p>int,  or  "  point  of  centrality,"  is  practically  neu- 
ter— neither  positive  nor  negative;  and  upon  the  two  opposite 
halves  of  the  circuit,  the  positive  and  negative  qtialities  of  the 
current  are  in  greatest  force  nearest  to  the  posts,  and  in  least 
force  Clearest  to  the  central  point.  At  this  point  they  cease 
altogether,  and  the  central  point  is  neuter. 

It  may,  perhaps,  be  observed  that,  in  apparent  contradiction 
of  this  statement,  the  sensational  effect  of  the  current  on  the 
negative  half  of  the  circuit  is  least  nearest  to  the  positive  post, 
and  becomes  regularly  ffreater  as  the  current  advances  towards 
the  central  point;  and  that  at  this  point  it  is  greater  than  (it 
any  other  point  between  this  and  tlie  positive  post.  To  relieve 
this  seeming  contradiction,  it  is  only  necessary  to  consider 
that,  in  fact,  the  positive  state  on  the  negative  half  of  the  cui-- 
rent  does  increase  regularly  from  the  positive  post  to  the  cen- 
tral point.  But  that  which  is  the  increofe  of  the  positive  state 
is  the  decrease  of  the  negative  state.  So  it  is  still  true  that  on 
the  liegative  half  of  the  circuit,  the  negative  qualities  diminish 
as  we  advance  towards  the  central  point  just  as  on  the  positive 
half,  the  positive  qualities  diminish  r^ularly  towards  the  cen- 
tral point,  as  stated  above. 


; 


THE   OUBBENT* 

TJte  current  is  that  moving  electric  essence  which  traverses 
the  circuit.  The  course  of  the  current  is  always  from  the  pos- 
itive to  the  negative.  It  leaves  the  machine  at  the  positive 
post,  where  it  enters  the  cord  which  holds  the  positive  elec- 
trode or  pole.  Thence  it  advances  around  the  circuit,  going 
out  from  the  opposite  cord  where  that  connects  witli  the  nega- 
tive post.  The  forward  end  of  the  current  is  its  positive  end; 
the  rear,  of  course,  is  its  negative  end.     At  it8  forward  end  it 


■i^-..^.' 


"iiiiii 


40 


BLEOTBIOAL   80IBN0B. 


is  in  its  greatest  volume.  At  its  rear  end  the  volume  h  least. 
At  the  cerUral  point  of  its  circuit  there  is  the  mean  quantity 
— the  average  rolume.  And  because  the  positive  and  nega- 
tive forces  on  either  side  exactly  balance  each  other  upon  the 
central  i>oint,  therefore  tliis  point  is  practically  neuter — neither 
positive  nor  negative. 

ICODIFIPATIONS  OF   ELBCTRIOITT, 

In  the  present  stage  of  electric  science,  the  conviction  has 
become  very  general  among  experimenters  that  galvanism, 
magnetism,  faradaism,  frictional  electricity  and  the  electricity 
of  the  storm-cloud  are,  in  their  esseatiai  nature,  one  and  the 
same;  being  diversified  in  appearance  and  effects  by  the  dif- 
ferent modes  and  circumstances  of  their  development.  This 
conviction  haa  been  reached  in  various  ways:  but  chiefly,  per- 
haps, by  observing  the  many  analogies  between  the  phenom- 
ena of  these  several  forces,  and  also  by  the  fact  that  each  of 
them  can  be  made  to  produce  or  be  produced  by  one  or  more 
of  the  others.  But  I  must  forego  any  detailed  discussion  of 
this  matter,  since  my  limits  will  not  admit  of  it,  and  shall  as- 
sume that  these  apparently  several  agents  are  but  modifications 
of  the  same  generic  force. 

There  are  two  other  phases  or  modifications  of  the  electric 
principle,  as  I  judge  them  to  be,  which  are  not  so  generally 
classed  here.  1  refer  to  the  forces  of  animal  and  vegetable  vi- 
tality, as  viewed  in  the  next  section. 

VITAI.   F0B0E8 — ANIMAL   AND   VBGETABLE. 

Upon  these  points  I  must  be  permitted  to  offer  a  few 
words.  '  - 

Of  the  animal  hmgdom,  I  regard  the  "  nervous  fluid"  or 
« nervous  influence,"  popularly  so  called,  as  being  the  very 
principle  of  animal  wtalization — the  life  Ibrce;  and  that,  a 
modification  of  the  electric  force.     It  is,  I  think,  pretty  gen- 


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41 


erally  conceded  at  this  day  that  the  "  nervoas  influence^  it 
probably  electric.  There  are  some  alleged  facts,  and  other  cer« 
tain  facts,  which  go  far  to  sustain  this  view.  It  is  said  that 
if  we  transfix,  with  a  steel  needle,  a  large  nerve  of  a  living 
animal,  as  the  great  ischiatio,  and  let  it  remain  in  that  condi« 
tion  a  snitable  time,  the  needle  becomes  permanently  magnet- 
ized. .  So,  too,  if  the  point  of  a  lancet  be  held  for  some,  length 
of  time  between  the  severed  ends  of  a  newly-divided  large 
nerve,  that  point,  as  I  have  heard  it  affirmed,  on  what  ap- 
peared to  be  good  authority,  becomes  magnetized;  although  I 
have  not  attempted  to  verify  either  of  those  cases  by  experi- 
ment. However,  admitting  them  to  be  true,  the  metal  is 
charged  with  simply  the  "nervous  fluid."  But  the  fact  on 
which  I  myself  chiefly  rely  for  evidence  of  this  identification, 
being  almost  daily  conversant  with  it  in  my  practice,  is  this  : 
2Tie  "  nervotu  injhtence''^  obeys  the  laws  of  electrical  polariza^ 
tion,  attraction  and  rejmlsion.  When  I  treat  a  paralyzed 
l>art,  in  which,  to  all  appearance,  the  action  of  the  nerve  force 
is  suGpended,  I  have  but  to  assume  that  this  force  is  electric, 
and  apply  the  poles  of  my  instrument  accordingly,  and  I  hrtng 
it  in  from  the  more  healthy  parts,  along  with  the  inorganic 
current  from  my  machine.  Forcing  conduction  through  tl:e 
neives,  by  means  of  my  artificial  apparatus,  I  rouse  the  sus- 
ceptibility of  the  nerves  until  they  will  normally  conduct  tie 
"  nervous  influence"  or  electro-vital  fluid,  as  I  term  it,  and  tie 
paralysis  is  removed.  Again,  if  I  treat  an  inflamed  part,  in 
which  the  capillaries  are  engorged  with  arterial  blood,  I  have 
but  to  assume  that  the  aflpected  fart  is  over-charged  with  the 
electro-vital  fluid,  through  the  nerres  and  the  arterial  blood, 
and  so  to  apply  my  electrodes,  accc^ding  to  well  known  elec- 
trical law,  as  to  produce  mutual  repulsion,  and  the  inflamma- 
tory action  is  sure  to  be  repressed.  I  manifestly  change  the 
polarization  of  the  parts.  This  thing  is  so  perfectly  regular 
and  constant  that  I  am  entirely  assured  before  touching  the 


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KLEOTBICAL   SCIRNCE. 

patient,  what  sort  of  effect  will  be  produced  by  this  or  that  ar- 
rangement in  the  application  of  the  poles  of  the  instminent. 
If  I  desire  to  increase  or  depress  the  nervous  force  in  any  given 
case,  I  find  myself  able  on  this  principle,  to  produce  the  one 
efiect  or  the  other,  at  will.  Hence,  I  say,  the  nervous  infit 
ence  obeys  the  electric  laws,  just  as  does  the  inorganic  elec- 
tricity. I  find  this  subtle  agent  not  in  the  nerves  only,  but 
also  in  muscle  and  blood — more  especially  in  arterial  blood. 
Indeed  it  seems  to  pervade,  more  or  less,  the  entire  solids  and 
fluids  of  the  animal  system.  And  wherever  it  exists,  its  action 
is  just  that  of  an  electro-vital  force.  Examples  of  this  fact 
will  appear  further  along  in  the  present  work.  While,  there- 
fore, I  can  not  affirm  the  identity  of  animal  electricity  and 
animal  vitality,  the  theory  of  their  identification,  to  my  view, 
best  accords  with  the  manilestations  under  correct  therapeutic 
treatment,  and  I  am  unaware  of  any  established  fact  to  dis- 
prove it. 

Vegetable  vitality,  also,  I  regard  as  another  modification  of 
the  electric  force.  The  fact  has  been  proved  by  repeated  ex- 
periments, that  galvanic  currents,  passed  among  the  roots  of 
vegetables,  causes  a  quickened  development  of  the  plants  to  a 
degree  that  would  be  deemed  inci'edible  by  almost  any  one 
who  had  neither  seen  it  nor  learned  its  rationale.  I  have  seen 
it  stated,  on  authority  which  commanded  my  credence,  that  by 
this  process  lettuce  leaves  may  be  grown,  within  a  few  hours 
only,  "  from  the  size  of  a  mouse's  ear  to  dimensions  large 
enough  for  convenient  use  on  the  dinner-table." 

BZTENT   07  ELEOTRIO   AQENCT. 

When  we  have  settled  upon  the  position  that  the  electricity 
of  the  heavens  and  of  the  artificial  machine  are  identical,  and 
that  their  identity  is  essentially  one  with  galvanism,  magnet- 
ism, the  electro-vital  fluid  of  animal  and  the  life-force  of  the 
veget<vble  kingdoms,  it  requires  no  extravagant  imagination,  nor 


ELECTRICAL   8CIRNCB. 


4S 


remarkable  degree  of  enthusiastic  credulity,  to  suppose  that 
all  the  fonns  of  physical  attraction  and  repulsion  are  due,  nnder 
God,  to  the  diversiiied  modifications  of  tb*'  name  all-pervading 
agent — Eleotricitt.  Indeed,  for  myself,  I  feel  no  hesitation 
in  expressing  it  as  ray  belief  that  electricity,  in  one  phase  ov 
another,  and  controlled  only  by  will,  is  the  grand  motive-power 
of  the  universe.  I  believe  that,  in  the  form  of  electro-vital  fluid, 
the  gfeat  Creator  employs  it  as  His  immediate  agent  to  cany 
on  all  the  functions  of  animal  lite;  and  that,  in  respect  to  vol- 
untary functions,  He  subordinates  it  as  a  servant  to  the  will  of 
the  creature,  to  efifect  such  cerebral  action  and  such  muscular 
contractions  as  are  demanded  by  the  creature's  volitions.  I 
am  disposed  to  think  that,  by  the  omnipotent  ])ower  of  His 
will,  He  controls  and  uses  electricity,  in  its  various  modifica- 
tions, as  the  immediate  moving-force  by  which  He  accom- 
plishes all  tlie  changes  in  the  physical  universe.  It  is  fast 
becoming  a  generally-received  opinion  among  modern  savana, 
that  every  body  in  nature  is  really  magnetic,  more  or  less;  and 
that  all  visible  or  sensible  changes  are  but  the  result  of  chang- 
ing poles.  Chemical  affinities  and  revulsions  arc  believed  to 
be  only  the  more  delicate  forms  of  electrical  attraction  and 
repulsion;  the  ultimate  particles  of  matter,  no  less  than  matter 
in  masses,  being  subject  to  the  control  of  electrical  laws.  The 
imponderable  agents,  light  and  caloric,  under  the  ingenious  tests 
of  scientific  scrutiny,  are  beginning  to  give  some  very  decided 
indications  of  being  simply  electric  phenomena.  Indeed,  the 
doctrine  or  theory  that  supposes  caloric  to  be  simply  atomio 
motion  is  even  now  being  very  generally  accepted  by  the  scien- 
tific world.  And  that  motion  in  the  atoms  of  a  body  which 
causes  in  us  the  sensation  of  heat  is  probably  electric  motion. 
And  permit  me  to  observe  that,  tliough  the  operations  of  nature 
seem,  at  first  thought,  to  be  wonderfully  complex  and  myste- 
rious, yet  if  the  views  here  presented  be  correct,  the  marvel  is 
changed;  and  we  are  brought  to  a  profound  admiration  of  the 


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ELSOTBIOAL   80IEN0E. 


simjpUcity  of  the  meams  by  which  the  Alniighty  condnoti  Hi» 
material  oporations.  A  single  agent  made  to  perform  pi-ocesBes 
80  infinitely  numerous,  diversified  and  apparently  complexl 
How  auiazingi  Simplicity  is  complexity!— majestic,  like  the 
inind  of  Qod. 

THEORY   OF   MAH. 

Let  the  question  now  be  raised—  What  is  rmnf  The  answer 
will  have  much  to  do  with  the  remedial  system  which  I  aim  to 
teach.     For  this  reason  it  is  thus  early  introduced. 

My  answer  to  the  above  question  is -as  follows:  Man  is  a 
three-fold  being,  composed  of  a  body  materialy  a  body  eUotri- 
oal,  and  a  spirit  rational  and  indestructible. 

Let  the  elements  of  this  definition  be  a  little  amplified: 

1.  The  material  body.  This  ia  composed  of  various  metals, 
earths,  carbon,  phosphorus,  and  gases.  I  need  not  go  into  a 
representation  of  their  multiplied  and  curious  combinotions  to 
form  the  many  parts  of  the  body  complete.  But  these  are  the 
ultimate  elements;  and  a  most  superb  and  wonderful  structure 
they  here  compose.  Yet,  notwithstanding  all  the  manifest 
Bkillfuiness  of  its  contrivance,  and  the  power  of  its  accopa- 
plishmerit,  arid  the  hiceness  aud  beauty  of  its  execution,  it  were 
a  useless  display  if  unaccompanied  with  the  invisible  agents 
which  compose  the  two  other  grand  constituents  of  man,  to 
wit:  |he  body  electrical  and  the  spirit,  or  mind.  Without 
these,  it  would  quickly  fall  into  decay,  as  we  see  it  whep  de- 
prived of  them,  and  would  be  resolved  into  its  origin|J*ele. 
mehts  again.     But  to  our  gross  material  bodies  the 'Creator 

has  added, 

2.  The  body  electrical.  By  this  I  mean  that  which  has 
commonly  been  termed  «  nervous  influence, "  "  nervous  fluid,  '* 
♦'nervovital  fluid,"  and  « nervo-electric  fluid."  I  object, 
however,  to  each  and  all  of  these  designations.  They  are  too 
restricted  and  specific.    They  all  seem  to  imply  that  it  is  an 


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BLBOTKIOAL  KOOXCm. 


46 


jhty  conduct')  Hia 
Iperform  pi'ocesses 
Jarently  complex  I 
Imajestic,  like  the 


tanf   The  answer 

m  which  I  aim  to 

duced. 

>llow6:   Jfan  it  a 

tly  a  body  eUotri- 

s. 

tie  amplified: 

of  various  metals, 
need  not  go  into  a 
IS  combinations  to 

But  these  are  the 
ronderful  structure 

all  the  manifest 
ver  of  its  aocopi- 
I  execution,  it  were 
le  invisible  agents 
uents  of  man,  to 

mind.  Without 
re  see  it  whep  de- 
>  its  origin|^*ele- 
odies  the  Creator 

in  that  which  has 
"  nervous  fluid,  '* 
iuid."  I  object, 
IS.  They  are  too 
aplj  that  it  is  an 


agent  or  influence  which  appertains  especially  to  the  narvoiu 
system;  whereas  the  entire  organism  is  under  its  pervading 
force.  I  do  not  doubt  but  its  chief  action  is  in  and  through 
the  nervous  system;  but  it  also  pervades  and,  as  I  think,  vital- 
izes the  whole  body.  The  nervous  system  seems  to  be  cre- 
ated as  one  principal  means  for  its  replenishment,*  and  to 
serve  .as  the  medium  of  its  ministrations  to  the  body  at  lai'ge. 
I  chose  to  term  it  electro-viial  fluidy  or  eleet/ro-wtttUty.  My 
reasons  for  so  designating  it  are  the  following:  (1)  It  is 
demonstrably  electrical  in  its  nature.  (2)  It  appears  to  be 
identified,  or  at  least  connected  immediately,  with  the  vitaliza- 
tion  of  the  body.  (3)  I  wish,  by  its  name,  to  distinguish  it 
from  nmntal  vitality,  or  the  vitality  of  spirit.  Whether,  as 
a  peculiar  manifestation  of  the  electric  principle,  it  vitalizes 
by  its  own  nature  and  action  solely,  or  whether  it  be  charged 
with  another  mysterious  element — a  l\fe-foroe — and  vitaiixes 
by  ministering  the  latter  to  the  material  organism,  I  will  not 
positively  affirm.  Whichever  it  be,  the  name  I  assign  to  it 
seems  sufiiciently  appropriate.  But  I  strongly  incline  to  the 
theory  that  this  electro-vital  principle  does  itself,  by  virtue  of 
its  own  nature,  vitalize  the  system.  In  other  words,  I  am  dis- 
posed to  think  that  God  makes  it  the  immediate  agent  of  vi- 
talization,  having  constituted  it  the  vie  vitce  of  both  the  ani- 
mal and  the  vegetable  kingdoms.  Nor  does  this  idea,  as  I 
conceive,  necessarily  conflict  at  all  with  the  doctrine  of  cell-life, 
as  maintained  by  the  best  physiologists  of  the  present  day. 
I  al\sa  sometimes  style  this  electro-vital  element  the  lody-eleC' 
trical,  because  it  is  certainly  an  entity,  coextensive  with  and, 
in  greater  or  W^  force,  wholly  pervading  the  visible,  material 
body. 
At  this  point  I  will  take  the  liberty  to  introduce,  although 

*  The  frcuu  of  this  will  probably  be  explained  if  another  edition  should  be 
called  (or. 


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W  ILEOTBIOAL   SOIKNCOk 

soinewlint  digressively,  a  few  thoughts  on  the  Diarmorioifs  or 

VITAMTY   OB   LIFK. 

There  are,  as  I  suppose,  the  following  several  kinds  of  life: 
(1)  Spirit  Ufa;  (2)  Moral  life;  (8)  EUotria  life. 

(1.)  There  is  ajpirit  life.  And  here  are  to  be  made  several 
suMivisions. 

[1.]  Uncreated  spirit  life.  This  is  the  Hfb  of  God.  Of 
the  nature  of  the  Divine  Essence  we  know  nothing;  yet  that 
God  is  a  real,  living  entity,  we  do  know.  My  own  conviction 
is  that  of  the  divine  essence  and  the  divine  life  are  identical; 
that  God,  a  spirit,  is  necessary,  infinite,  conscious  Yrtkun — 
the  voluntary  Originatx>r  of  all  existencies  besides  himself. 
But  as  to  what  is  the  essential  nature  of  this  vitality — this 
eternal  spirit-life — we  can  have  no  conception,  only  that  this 
'.ife  is  God. 

[2.]  Vrmted  spirit-life.  And  here  we  make  another  sub- 
division. 

(a)  The  life  of  created  immortal  spirit  This  is  a  rational, 
intelligent  entity,  representing  the  spirit  of  man  and  of  un- 
ombodied,  created  intelligences  above  him.  Thic  spirit  God 
created  as  it  pleased  him — '■'■  in  his  own  likeness" — a  living,  in- 
destructible essence;  and  as  I  suppose,  its  essence  and  its  life 
the  same. 

{b)  The  life  of  created  mortal  spirit,  as  the  spirit  of  the 
beast.  Of  the  intrinsic  essence  of  this  spirit,  we  are  also 
necessarily  ignorant.  Yet,  of  its  attributes  we  know  that  it 
has  consoiouanesa,  seniiMlity,  and  %oill.  Of  its  life  we  know 
»&  little  as  of  its  essence;  both  of  which,  however,  as  I  con- 
jecture, are  also  one  aud  the  same — ^the  spirit  substance  being 
itself  essentially  vital. 

(2.)  We  pass  next  to  moral  life.  Thio  life  is  identical  with 
holiness — the  very  opposite  of  that  defilement  that  dharaoter- 
izes  moral  death,  which  is  a  state  of  Hn.  Bat  let  me  again 
subdivide. 


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KLKCTRIC4L,   80IKN0B. 


4ft 


e  DiarmoTiorfs  or 

Jral  kinds  of  life: 
io  life. 
be  made  several 

ife  of  God.  Of 
lothing;  yet  that 
y  own  oonviotion 
life  are  identioal ; 

oioUS   VlTAUTT — 

besides  himself, 
his  vitality— Ui is 
on,  only  that  this 

ake  anotlier  sub- 

This  is  a  rational, 
f  man  and  of  un- 
Thif  spirit  God 
jss" — a  living,  in- 
ssenoe  and  its  life 

the  spirit  of  the 
irit,  we  are  also 
we  know  that  it 
its  life  we  know 
iwever,  as  I  con- 
;  substance  being 

is  identical  with 
t  that  oharaoter- 
ut  let  me  again 


[1.]  As  to  the  moral  life  of  Ood,  it  consists  in  his  infinite 
moral  purity — his  veracity,  Justtco  and  benevolence  or  love — 
qualities  which,  in  their  combination,  make  up  his  holiness. 

[2.]  The  moral  life  of  man,  a*  alto  of  other  rational  crea- 
tures. This  consists  in  his  sympathy  of  spirit  vrit/t,  Ood  in 
res|)eot  to  those  pure  qualities  which  constitute  the  Divine 
holiness. 

(3.)  FiiuiUy,  there  is  electric  or  physical  Hfe.  But  hen* 
again  there  are  varieties. 

[1.]  There  is  animal  life,  as  of  man  and  the  lower  animals. 
This  I  have  already  represented  as  consisting  in  the  electro- 
vital  force. 

[3.]  Vegetable  life.  This  is  another  modification  of  the  same 
essential  principle — electro-vitality. 

But  now  to  return  to  the  physical  or  animal  life  of  man — 
the  electro-vital  element.  While  this  is  in  such  immediate 
relation  to  the  visible  body  on  the  one  hand,  it  holds,  also,  on 
the  other  hand,  an  immediate  relation  to  the  mental  part,  both 
of  man  and  of  tho  other  animated  beings  of  earth.  It  serves 
to  transmit,  through  the  nervous  system  to  the  mind,  all  sen- 
sations and  impressions  from  the  outer  world.  It,  moreover, 
receives  from  the  mind  the  action  of  its  volitions  and  imag- 
inary conceptions,  and  conveys  through  the  nerves  the  impres- 
sions or  impulsions  thus  obtained  to  the  various  parts  of  the 
body,  and  there  secures  the  fulfillment  of  the  mind's  behests. 
It  appears  to  be  only  in  this  way  that  communication  is  had 
bet\}reen  the  mind  and  its  outer  body.  The  natures  of  spirit 
and  of  gross  matter  .are  so  totally  unlike,  that  it  seems  imprac- 
ticable for  the  mind  and  body  to  come  into  immediate  mutual 
relation,  or  to  act  reciprocally,  without  the  aid  of  a  medium — 
ethereal,  semi-materi&l  and  serai-spiritual,  such  as  is  the  c'.ectro- 
vital  fluid.  And  the  Creator  has  accordii  |ly  provi<  d  this 
mysterious,  invisible  medium  between  the  two,  and  thus,  in  a 


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degree,  extended  man's  likenesa  to  liimeelf  by  making  him  a 
trinity  in  unity. 

[3.]  T/te  mind  or  tpirit.  Tliis  is  immensnraltly  the  highest 
and  most  importniit  cotiHtitiient  of  mftii.  His  body  materiul 
will  full  back  to  dust.  His  body  electrical  may  be  reabsorbed 
in  the  great  ocean  of  natural  electricity  that  fills  the  earth  and 
the  lieavens.  But  his  spirit  is  immortal.  His  spirit  made  in 
the  divine  image,  lives  and  acts,  thinks  and  feels,  independently 
of  every  other  existence  save  Him  from  whom  its  being  came. 
While  in  connection  with  its  visible  body,  its  good  or  ill,  its 
bliss  or  woe,  has,  indeed,  much  to  do  with  its  bodily  state.  But, 
w^hen  separated  from  this  body,  its  high  and  more  independent 
existence  is  at  once  asserted;  and  then  its  good  or  ill  are  deter- 
mined by  its  Author  only  in  accordance  with  the  workings 
and  affections  within  itself.  A  spi-itual  and  indetiLrnctible 
being  like  its  Creator,  it  can  never  cease  to  be  while  He  exists. 

But  our  present  concern  is  with  the  mind  in  its  relation  to 
that  electro-vital  medium  between  it  and  the  body,  and  to  tho 
body  itself.  The  mind's  influence  upon  both  of  these  lower  parts 
of  the  entire  man  is  truly  wonderful,  although  perceptible 
mostly  on  the  material  body.  Few  persons  are  aware  how 
much  the  state  of  the  mind  aflfects  the  bodily  health,  although 
the  degree  is  often  very  great.  "Yet  this  is  done  by  the  mind's 
action,  first  on  the  electro-vital  functions,  and  through  these, 
by  way  of  the  nerves,  upon  the  bodily  tiseue.  Changes  in 
the  mental  states  will,  in  this  way,  frequently  produce  changed 
polarization  in  the  physical  organs,  and  thus  determine  infal- 
libly the  matter  of  health  or  disease.  So,  too,  the  condition 
of  the  bodily  health  will  often  determine  irresistibly  the  men- 
tal state.  Whatever  bodily  changes  afiect  the  polarization  of 
the  electro-vital  medium  in  any  part  of  the  organism,'  do  thereby 
produce  corresponding  changes  in  the  mind. 

These  views  of  the  reciprocal  action  between  mind  and  body, 
through  the  medium  of  the  electro-  vital  element,  may  serve  to 


XLKOTBIOAL   BOIENOSi 


49 


y  making  him  a 

a  My  the  liigliest 

8  body  material 
iy  be  reabgorbed 

Is  the  earth  and 
8  Hpirit  made  in 

8,  independently 
I  its  being  came. 

8  good  or  ill,  its 
Ddily  state.   But, 

ore  independent 
i  or  ill  are  deter- 
h  the  wt»rking8 
d  indebknictible 
while  He  exists, 
in  its  relation  to 
body,  and  to  tho 
these  lower  parts 
ugh   perceptible 

are  aware  how 
health,  although 
fie  by  the  mind's 

through  these, 
le.  Changes  in 
}roduce  changed 
determine  itifal- 
0,  the  condition 
istibly  the  men- 
i  polarization  of 
fusm,' do  thereby 

mind  and  body, 
it,  may  serve  to 


explain  thoBe  psychological  wonders  cxliibitcd  in  the  cure  of 
diwuses  by  the  imngiiuition,  as  well  as  in  diseases  and  oven 
death  induced  by  the  imagination.  I  would  much  like  to  un- 
fold find  illustrate  this  bearing  of  the  subject;  and,  also,  in 
tho  light  of  It,  to  show  the  philotopKy  of  one  mind  acting 
intelligibly  on  another  mind,  with,  and  even  without,  the  aid 
of  the  physical  organs,  as  is  sometimes  seen  in  the  facts  of 
niesmt^rism. 

There  is  another  thought  which  I  will  offer  in  this  connec- 
tion. I  maintain  that  all  functional  action  of  our  bodily  or- 
ganism, ah  imtio,  is  conducted  by  thinhing  mind,  through  the 
medium  of  organic  electricity  or  the  electro-vital  fluid.  Every 
organ  as  a  whole,  and  every  life-cell  in  detail,  is  charged  with 
this  active  principle.  I  believe  that  every  one  of  them  is  con- 
trolled and  guided  incessantly  in  its  propagating,  organizing 
and  entire  functional  force  by  inteU'/zent  mind,  acting  through 
this  wonder-working  agent — the  f  ctro-vital  fluid.  In  respect 
to  our  voluntary  exercises,  this  organic  electrical  force  is  made 
stibject  to  our  own  mental  activities,  and  executes  its  oifice 
upon  the  bodily  organism  mainly  through  the  medium  of  the 
nerves.  But,  as  regards  all  the  i/n/voJ/unta/ry  functions,  I  be- 
lieve that  control  is  exercised  directly  by  the  omniscient  and 
all-pervading  Ood,  although  in  accordance  with  his  swn  es- 
tablished laws. 

Once  more  of  the  mmd  let  me  remark,  that  oonadentiouaneta, 
sensation,  and  will  belong  to  it  alone.  The  hody  never  thinks 
nor  feels;  nor  does  the  organic  electricity  within  it.  The  pop- 
ular idea,  especially  with  the  less  educated  masses,  is  that,  if  a 
man  burn  his  finger,  it  is  the  finger  that  smarts.  But  this  can 
not  be  true.  Pain  can  exist  only  where  consciousness  in. 
And  there  is  no  consciousness  in  the  finger,  nor  in  any  mate- 
rial part.  Only  the  /iJnd  is  conscious  of  existence,  even;  and 
hence  only  the  mind  can  be  conscious  of  pleasure  or  pain.  If 
a  limb  be  paralyzed,  by  interrupting  in  any  way  the  flow  of 


^^SfSS® 


60 


IXBOTBIOAL   SOIENOB. 


the  electro-vital  fluid  through  its  nerves,  r.nd  thus  depriving 
the  mind  of  its  medium  of  communication  with  it,  you  may 
burn  that  limb  to  a  crisp  and  thc^  subject  will  feel  no  pain. 
When  you  burn  your  finger  or  break  your  arm,  you  disturb 
the  action  of  the  electro-vitality  in  the  injured  part,  deranging 
its  poles.  This  electric  agent  instantly  "^mmunicates  its  dis- 
turbance along  the  nerves  to  the  brain,  where  it  reports  to  the 
mind  and  tells  where  the  disturbance  is.  The  conscious  mind 
takes  cognizance  of  the  fact  and  feels  distress. 

i.  THK   LOWER   ANIMALS. 

It  may,  by  some,  be  objected  that,  if  we  regard  sensation  as 
existing  only  in  the  »■  ind,  as  affirmed  above,  then  we  must 
concede  mind  to  the  Ic  wer  animal  tribes,  since  they  are  sub- 
jects of  consciousness,  sensation  and  -v-ill,  as  truly  as  ourselves. 
I  admit  this  necessity,  and  unhesitatingly  take  the  position,  as 
has  been  already  done  in  the  classification  u  minds,  that  the 
lower  animals  are  in  fact  endowed  with  a  eomething  higher 
and  more  spiritual  than  theii  material  bodies  or  their  animal 
vitality — something  which  bears  distinguishing  characteristics 
of  mind.  I  would  not,  however,  be  understood  to  say ,  or  to 
implv.  that  they  possess  all  the  characteristics  of  our  minds, 
even  in  a  rudimental  degree.  I  do  not  believe  they  do.  My 
theory  does  not  accord  to  them  either  reason  or  immortality. 
Yet,  in  respect  to  the  latter,  my  views  are  less  decisive,  and 
my  utterances  usually  more  reserved.  But  I  think  their  minds 
may,  and  probably  do,  perish  with  their  bodies.  Nevertheless, 
the  existence  of  conciousness,  sensation  and  will,  in  any  orders, 
does  evidently  presuppose  some  sort  of  mental  constitution. 
And  such  mental  structure,  in  them  as  well  as  in  us,  must  be 
distinct  from  and  superior  to  the  animal  vitality — compelling 
service  from  the  latter,  and  using  it  as  a  medium  for  commu- 
nieating  with  the  body,  and  with  the  outer  world  in  general. 


mim 


nid  thus  depriving 
n  with  it,  you  may 
will  feel  no  pain, 
iir  arm,  you  disturb 
red  part,  derangiiig 
mmunicates  its  dis- 
re  it  reports  to  the 
The  conscious  mind 

!S8.         --•';..:-•-•.':':>      ,   .   . 


regard  sensation  as 
)ove,  then  we  must 
since  they  are  sub- 
9  truly  as  ourselves, 
take  the  position,  as 
&r  minds,  that  the 
1  something  higher 
dies  or  their  animal 
thing  charactfiristics 
pstood  to  say,  or  to 
sties  of  our  minds, 
lieve  they  do.     My 
on  or  immortality. 
B  less  decisive,  and 
I  think  their  minds 
dies.   Nevertheless, 
will,  in  any  orders, 
lental  constitution. 
1  as  in  us,  must  be 
itality — compelling 
lediuni  for  eommu- 
r  world  in  general. 


ELECTRICAL   SCIENOK. 


THB    VEGETABLE    KINGDOM. 


61 


As  to  the  vegetable  kingdom,  there  is  here,  so  far  as  we- 
can  discover,  only  a  duality  of  principle,  viz:  the  material 
body  and  a  modified  phase  of  electro-vitality.  These  compo- 
nent parts  appear  to  sustain  to  each  other,  in  the  vegetable,  re- 
lations quite  analogous  to  those  of  the  corresponding  parts  in 
the  anfmal.  But  here  the  mental  part  is  wanting;  and  conse- 
quently there  is  no  consciousness,  sensation,  nor  will;  and  the 
electro-vital  action  is  guided  in  its  elaborate  and  beautiful  op- 
erations for  the  forming  and  developing  of  the  plant,  and  in 
all  its  vital  functions,  by  the  all-pervading  mind  of  God. 

NATCBAL  POLARIZATION   OP   MAn's   PHYSICAL   ORGANISM. 

The  electro-vital  fluid,  in  the  animal  economy,  is  subject  to 
the  same  principles  of  polarization  as  the  magnetic  current  from 
the  artificial  machine,  or  the  magnetism  of  the  bar-magnet.  In 
the  material  organism  of  man,  the  great  nerve-cenrers — the 
brain,  the  spinal  cord  and  the  gangleons — appear  to  act  the 
p  't  of  fired  magnets,  charged  with  the  electro-vital  fluid. 
Indeed,  there  7.3  mucl.  reason  to  believe  that  this  fluid  is  elab- 
orated within  theee  nerve-centers — more  especially  within  the 
brain — from  the  inorganic  electricity  of  the  outer  world,  which 
is  supplied  through  the  lungs  in  respiration,  and  conducted 
thence  to  these  laboratories  by  a  remarkably  interesting 
process.  These  nerve-centers,  viewed  as  magnets  of  electro- 
vitality,  require  to  be  regarded  as  having  each  a  positive 
nucleus  in  the  interior,  on  wh^.ch  are  ranged  the  negative  ends 
of  the  currents  which  go  out  from  this  positive  nucleus  in 
every  direction  to  the  surface  of  the  medullary  organ — so  radi- 
ating, as  it  were,  from  center  to  periphery.  And  the  nerve-lines 
and  ramifications  which  issue  from  these  great  nerve-centers 
are  polarized  evidently  in  the  same  way — the  electro-vital  fluid 
being  disposed  with  its  negative  ends  to  the  positive  sm'facei 


■nUawrtuwnnmuMWih  „., 


fc 


r-. 


r^c 


*, 


e 


52 


XLEOTBIOAI.   SCIENCE. 


of  the  nerve-centers,  and  its  positive  or  plus  endd  to  the  "  vital 
organs,"  and  especially  to  the  surfaces  of  the  organism  as  a 
whole.  There  are  many  other  polarizations  in  the  human  sys- 
tem., subordinate  to  those  mentioned  above;  but  I  have  no 
room  to  speak  of  them  in  detail. 


No.  I. — Polished  walnut  case,  with  brass-bound  corners,  and  diawer  under- 
«ieath  the  helix.  Size  of  case  lo^  inches  long,  9  wide,  and  jyi  deep*  Tha 
■brass  works  are  nicliel  plated. 

Veneered  rosewood  case,  bound  and  ornamented  with  German  silver,  (See 
Kidder's  Catalogue.) 


BLECTPrOAL   CLASSIFICATION   OF   DISEASES. 

There  are  two,  and  only  two,  primary  classes  of  disease — 
those  in  which  the  electro-^ital  force  is  abnormally  positive, 
and  those  where  it  is  preternaturally  negative.  The  former 
<jla8S  comprises  every  variety  and  phase  of  hypersthesia,  and 
the  latter,  every  sort  and  degree  of  anaesthesia,  or  ratlier,  of 
aaoodynamia.    Inflammation  may  be  taken  as  a  general  repre- 


ELEOTRIOAL   8CIEN0B. 


M 


ndd  to  the  «  vital 
le  organism  as  a 
n  the  human  sjs- 
but  I  have  no 


rs,  and  dnwer  under- 
and  jyi  deep.    The 

Germaa  silver,    (See 


sses  of  disease — 
ormally  positwe, 
Ive.  The  former 
jypersthesia,  and 
iia,  or  ratlier,  of 
i  a  general  repre- 


sentative of  the  positive  or  hypersthenic  class — those  forms 
of  disease  in  which  there  is  too  much  electro-vitaliy,  or  in 
which  the  vital  force  may  be  said  to  be  too  active.  Paral- 
isis  may  stand  as  a  general  representative  of  the  negative  or 
azoodynamic  class — those  in  which  the  vital  action  is  too  low 
or  weak. 

.   •  PHILOSOPHY   OF   DISEASE   AND   COEB. 

In  every  part  of  the  animal  economy,  polar  derangements 
in  the  electro-vital  principle  are  liable  to  occur.  These  derange- 
ments are  always  the  real  foundation  of  disease.  They  may 
be  occasioned  by  a  thousand  agencies,  which  act  as  the  proour- 
ing  cause  of  disease;  but  the  jproximate  and  sustaining  cause 
is  polar  disturbance — derangement  of  the  electro-vital  poles. 
Parts  which,  in  health,  are  relatively  positive,  may  become  neg- 
ative, and  that  which  should  be  negative  may  become  positive. 
Or  again,  apart,  naturally  positive  to  its  counterpart,  may  be- 
come excessively  so,  and  that  which  should  be  relatively  negative 
may  become  negative  to  a  morbid  degree.  * 

To  correct  these  polar  disturbances  and  restore  the  normal 
polarization  is  to  cure  the  complaint.  This  is,  under  the  treat- 
ment of  most  physicians,  sometimes  accomplished  by  the  nse  of 
medicines,  and  by  mechanical  or  surgical  agency.  We  ac- 
complish it  by  the  proper  application  of  the  poles  of  our  elec- 
trical apparatus.  In  cases  were  there  is  vi^nis  to  be  destroyed,, 
or  ahnormal  growths  to  be  removed,  we  also  secure  the  chemi- 
cal action  appropriate  to  these  ends  by  the  proper  selection  of 
ov/r  emrent.  It  often  happens  that  mechanical  or  surgical 
action  is  demanded.  In  many  stuih  cases,  we  do  not  profess  to 
secure  normal  polarization  and  consequent  cure  by  means  of 
electricity  alone.  Yet,  in  a  large  proportion  of  the  case» 
where  mechanical  or  surgical  agency  is  usually  thought  to  be 
indispensable,  we  are  able  to  cure  by  electric  action  only,  since 
by  it  we  can  exert  very  considerable  mechanical  force  at  will^ 


-m^s-- 


lore  happily,  by 
est  ends  which 
itions,  and  with 
action  or  ^eots 
lartic,  dvuretic, 
modyne,  attrm- 


*?^: 


PRINCIPLES  OF  PRACTICE. 


POLAE  ANTAGONISM. 

When  the  oond/ucting  cords  are  of  equal  length,  as  com- 
monly they  should  be,  each  of  the  two  poles  or  electrodes  pro- 
duces a  polar  effect  in  the  patient  directly  the  opposite  of  that 
produced  by  the  other.  Also,  at  any  point  in  either  half  of 
the  circuit,  if  it  be  within  the  person  of  the  patient,  the  polar 
effect  produced  is  the  '.ery  reverse  of  what  is  experienced  at 
the  corresponding  point  in  the  other  half  of  the  circuit.  And 
further;  each  half  of  the  current  produces  a  polar  effect,  at 
every  point  in  the  parts  of  the  patient  through  which  it  runs, 
the  same  in  hind,  though  differing  in  degree,  as  is  produced 
immediately  under  the  pole  or  electrode  with  which  it  is  con- 
nected; yet  an  effect  antagonistic  to  that  which  is  produced 
under  the  other  pole,  or  at  the  corresponding  point  in  the  other 
half  of  the  current. 

DIFOBTANOE   OF   NOTING   THB  CENTRAL   POINT. 

From  the  above  observations,  it  will  be  plain  that,  when  we 
wish  to  bring  a  diseased  organ  under  the  influence  of  the  jwH- 
tive  pole,  we  must  carefully  place  our  electrodes  so  that  none 
of  the  organ,  or  none  of  the  diseased  part  of  it,  shall  ap^^ear  on 
the  positive*  side  of  the  central  jpomt  of  the  circuit;  it  being 
understood  that  the  current  moves  as  nearly  in  direct  lines  as 
the  best  conducting  medium  will  admit.     Or  again,  if  it  be 

*  Stttdf  carefally  Palarination  of  tk*  Circuit,  page  36. 
(H) 


I 


: 


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\MV- 


66 


BLECTRIOAL   BOIENOB. 


desired  to  bring  a  diseased  organ,  or  any  extended  part  of  it, 
under  the  influence  of  the  negative  pole,  we  must  first  calcu- 
late in  placing  our  electrodes  about  where  the  central  point 
will  come,  and  then  so  apply  them  that  no  part  of  the  lesion 
or  disease  shall  appear  on  the  negative*  side  of  the  central 
point;  otherwise  so  much  of  it  as  lies  on  that  side  will  come 
under  the  force  of  the  wrong  pole,  and  thus  be  affected  in  a 
way  the  opposite  of  what  was  intended.  The  characteristic  in- 
fluence of  each  pole  is  felt  throughout  its  own  half  of  the  circuit. 


DISTINCTIVE   USE   OF   BACH   POLE. 

I  have  said  that  every  disease  is  preternaturally  either  posi- 
tive or  negative.  I  have  further  said,  that  the  application  of 
either  pole  to  a  given  part  produces  an  effect  the  opposite  of 
what  would  be  produced  in  the  same  part  by  a  reversal  of  the 
poles.  The  way  is  now  prepared  for  me  to  announce  the  cen- 
tral PRINCIPLE  of  our  system  of  practice.  The  reader  will 
bear  in  mind  that  all  acutely  inflammatory  or  hypersthenic 
affections  are  electrically  positive  in  excess — having  too  much 
vital  action — being  overcharged  with  the  electro-vital  fluid; 
and  that  all  paralytic  diseases,  or  those  of  sluggish,  azoodyn- 
amic  chai'acter,  are  electrically  negative — having  too  little 
electro-vital  fluid — too  little  vital  action.  It  is  a  universal 
law  of  electricity  that  positives  repel  each  other,  and  that 
negatives  repel  each  other;  but  that  positives  and  nega- 
tives attract  each  other.  This  is  a  principle  of  electric 
action  every-where  known,  where  any  thing  is  known  on 
the  subject.  We  appropriate  it  practically  to  tJierapeutio 
pwposes.  Therefore,  when  I  wish  to  repress  or  repel  inflam- 
mation, which  is  electrically  positive  in  excess,  I  put  the  posi- 
tive pole  to  it;  or,  at  least,  I  bring  it  under  that  half  of  the 
oircuit  with  which  the  positive  pole  is  connected,  and  as  near 


•  Study  carefully  Folaritation  of  the  Circuit,  page  36. 


/ 


'tMi  V 


|nded  part  of  it, 

lust  first  calcu- 

|e  central  point 

|irt  of  the  lesion 

of  the  central 

side  will  come 

je  affected  in  a 

sharacteristic  in- 

ilfof  the  circuit. 


■ally  either  posi- 

le  application  of 

the  opposite  of 

I  reversal  of  the 

lOUnCO  THE  OEN- 

rhe  reader  will 
or  hypersthenic 
aving  too  much 
sctro-vital  fluid; 
ggish,  azoodyn- 
iving  too  little 
t  is  a  universal 
Jther,  and  that 
ves  and  nega- 
ple  of  electric 
f  is  known  on 

to  therap&utio 
ar  repel  inflam- 

I  put  the  posi- 
;hat  half  of  the 
ted,  and  as  near 

'age  36. 


,      BLBOTBICAL   8CIEN0B.  i^_ 

to  the  pole  or  electrode  as  possible.  And  because  two  positives 
repel  each  other,  and  also  because  the  direction  of  the  current 
is  always  from  the  positive  to  the  negative  pole,  carrying  the 
electro-vital  fluid  with  it,  either  I  must  withdraw  ray  positive 
electrode,  or  that  excess  of  electro-vitality  in  the  diseased  part 
which  makes  it  morbidly  positive,  and  thus  produces  inflam- 
mation,, must  gi  ve  way.  I  will  not  withdraw  my  positive  pole, 
and  therefore  the  positive  inflammation  tnvM  letreat  and  be 
dispersed.  In  treating  this  case,  I  will  place  mv  negatine  elec- 
trode either  on  some  healthy  part,  or,  if  there  be  perceptible 
anywhere  in  the  system  a  morbidly  negative  part,  as  is  often 
the  case,  I  will  place  my  negative  pole  there.  For  example: 
if  I  am  treating  for  nephritis — inflammation  of  the  kidneys — 
when  I  do  not  perceive  any  part  to  be  abnormally  negative,  I 
manipulate  with  my  positive  electrode  over  the  inflamed  kid- 
ney, having  the  negative  electrode  placed  at  the  coccyx — lowest 
part  of  the  spine  My  pocitive  pole  repels  the  positive  inflam- 
mation from  the  kidney;  or,  rather,  repels  from  it  that  excess 
of  electro-vital  fluid  which  makes  it  morbidly  positive  and 
induces  the  inflammation,  while  the  negative  pole  attracts  the 
same  towards  the  coccyx.  On  its  way,  it  becomes  more  or  less 
diverted  to  adjacent  nerves;  or,  if  gathered  in  the  healthy  part, 
under  the  negative  pole,  it  is  immediately  dispersed  by  the 
normal  circulation  as  soon  as  the  electrode  is  removed.  But 
if  I  find  a  spi/nal  irritation,  say  in  one  or  more  of  the  cervical 
or  dorsal  vertebrse,  and,  at  the  same  time,  a  stomach  affected 
with  chronic  dyspepsia,  accompanied  with  constipation  of 
bowels,  I  will  work  over  the  inflamed  or  irritated  spine  with 
my  positive  pole,  because  I  know  from  its  irritation  that 
there  is  an  excess  of  electro-vital  fluid  in  the  part,  making  it 
improperly  positive;  and,  with  my  negative  electrode,  I  will, 
at  the  same  time,  treat  over  the  stomach,  bowels  and  liver; 
because  I  know,  from  the  inaction  of  these  organs,  that  there 
is  a  lack  of  vital  force — a  deficiency  of  the  electro-vital  fluid — 


: 


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ELEOTBIOAL   80IRN0E. 


there,  and  that,  consequenHy,  they  are  too  negativa.  Adopting 
this  method,  I  accoinplidh  two  objects  in  the  same  treatment. 
First,  my  positive  pole,  applied  to  the  spiiml  disease,  repels 
f  om  it  the  excess  of  electro-vital  fluid  which  was  there  doing 
mischief;  and,  second,  my  negative  pole  attracts  the  same, 
along  with  the  artificial  or  inorganic  electricity,  to  the  stomach 
and  bowels  where  it  is  wanted,  s'.nce  negal,Ive»  attract  positives. 
Or  I  wish  to  rouse  m  acaon  a  torpid  liver.  Nov/,  if  I  find 
injiawmancn,  or  enlargement  of  the  spleen,  as  is  commonly 
tht-  fiW},  m  ...dla  and  fever,  I  place  the  positive  pole  upon  the 
epleon,  at  the  left  side,  juet  below  the  false  ribs,  and  the  nega- 
tive pole  on  the  liver,  which  is  best  reached  immediately  below 
the  ribs  on  the  right  side,  and  around  backward  and  upward 
as  far  as  to  the  spine.  The  ^..-sitive  pole  repels  the  excess  of 
electro-vitality  away  from  the  positive  spleen,  and  so  reduces 
the  improper  excitement  there,  while  at  the  same  time  it  rushes, 
by  attraction,  to  the  negative  liver,  under  the  negative  pole, 
and  makes  that  more  positive,  and  so  more  active.  In  this 
way,  I  change  the  polarization  of  the  parts,  and,  in  so  doing, 
remove  the  sustaining  cause  of  the  diseai^e.  You  here  perceive 
that  I  treat  a  positive  part  with  the  positive  pole,  so  as  to  repel 
the  excess  of  electro-vitality  from  it,  and  thus  repress  its  excess- 
ive action;  and  that  I  treat  a  negative  part  with  the  negative 
pole,  so  as  to  attract  the  elpctro-vital  fluid,  along  with  the  cur- 
rent from  the  machine,  to  it  from  under  the  positive  pole,  aad 
thus  increase  the  action  by  making  it  more  positive. 

But  suppose  I  do  what  nearly  all  of  the  doctors  do,  who  use 
electricity  without  any  regard  ta  polarity;  that  is,  if  treating 
acutely  inflamed  eyes  for  exaiiiple,  apply  the  negative  pole  to 
the  eyes,  thinking  thereby  to  make  them  mo  'O  negative,  O', 
if  treating  amaurosis,  apply  thii  positive  electrodt  to  the  af- 
fected parts,  thinking  thereby  to  make  them  more  positive  1  I 
say,  suppoBf*  T  do  thi"-  same  thing,  do  you  not  see  that,  by  the 
iixed  laws  of  electricity,  I  necessariij  increase  the  e\  's  that  T 


'"'F 


^ 


KLKOTIUa       SOIBNOa. 


;iva.   Adopting 
|ame  treatment, 
diseaae,  repels 
aa  there  doing 
•acts  tlie  same, 
to  the  stomach 
tract  positiveg. 
Nor.,  ,f  I  find 
is  commonly 
5  pole  upon  the 
and  the  nega- 
ied?at<?ly  below 
il  and  upward 
3  the  excess  of 
and  80  reduces 
time  it  rushes, 
negative  pole, 
ctive.     In  this 
id,  in  so  doing, 
II  here  perceive 
e,  so  as  to  repel 
)ress  its  excess- 
h  the  negative 
J  with  the  cur- 
itive  pole,  aad 
itive. 

rs  do,  who  use 
18,  if  treating 
igative  pole  to 
;  negative j  or, 
>dt  to  the  af. 
'e  positive  1  I 
!e  that,  by  the 
le  e\  's  that  X 


would  remedy!  Do  yon  not  see  that,  by  placing  my  negative 
pole  on  the  already  overcharged  and  inflanied  eyes,  I  attract 
to  them  yet  more  of  the  electro-vital  fluid,  and  so  increase  their 
positive  condition  and  aggravate  the  inflammation?  and  that, 
by  presenting  my  positive  electrode  to  the  eyes  already  morb 
or  less  paralyzed,  I  repel  what  little  electro-vitality  there  wab 
there,  ^id  so  make  the  nerves  all  the  more  negative  and  dead? 
And  yet,  I  repeat  it,  this  is  precisely  the  plan  of  almost  all  the 
men  who  use  electricity  in  therapeutic  practice  with  any  re- 
gard to  :ts  polarization.  They  treat  a  positive  disease — rather 
a  hi/persthenio  disease,  (for  they  seldom  know  anything  of  the 
electrical  states  of  diseased  parts),  with  the  negative  pole,  and 
an  azoodynamic  disease,  which  is  negative,  with  the  positive 
pole  I — all  directly  antagonistic  to  sciencti  and  snccess. 

But  the  great  mass  of  physicians,  who  attempt  to  treat  elec- 
trically, have  no  knowledge  either  of  the  electri(jal  condition 
of  the  various  forms  of  disease,  nor  of  the  distinctive  and  pe- 
culiar eflTects  produced  by  either  pole  of  the  artiflcial  current; 
and  consequently  all  their  use  of  this  |)Owerful  agent  if  entire- 
ly empirical — merely  haphazard  experiment. 

I  may  have  raised  an  inquiry  a  few  moments  since  which 
ought  to  be  answered.  I  said,  in  effect,  that  in  treating  a 
positive  disease,  snch,  for  instance,  as  acute,  inflammatory 
rheumatism  or  acute  pleurisy,  I  would  use  the  positive  pole  on 
the  inflamed  parts,  and  the  negative  pole  on  eith(*r  some 
healthy  part  or  on  a  morbidly  negative  part,  if  I  conld  find 
such.  So,  too,  I  said  I  would  treat  a  negative  disease,  such  as 
amaurosis  or  torpidity  of  liver,  with  the  negative  pole,  placing 
the  positive  pole  on  either  some  healthy  or  morbidly  jwsitive 
part.  The  query  may  hav^  arisen,  " By  placing  the  one  pole 
or  the  other  on  a  healthy  pa'*t,  do  ^uu  not  derange  the  normal 
electro-vital  action  there,  disturbing  its  healthy  polarization  ?" 
I  answer,  yea,  for  the  time  being,  I  do;  and  if  this  disturbing 
force  were  to  be  steadily  continued  for  any  considerable  time, 


/ 


iO 


SLECTRICAL   BCIENOB. 


the  disturl.aiice  would  produce  manifest  and  serious  dise  ^. 
But  then,  a  pole  or  electrode,  placed  on  a  healthy  part,  we 
generally  raove,  or  ought  ti  move,  more  or  less,  every  few  mo- 
ments, which  prc«rents  the  establishment  of  any  perverted  ac- 
tion in  the  part;  and  the  moment  the  electrode  is  withdrawn, 

the  normal  polarization  and  healthy  action  are  resumed. 

•  •  'i  .  ' '  ., 

V8E  OV  THB  LOKO   CORD. 

It  is  often  desirable  to  bring  the  entire  parts  of  the  patient, 
through  which  the  current  is  made  to  pass,  under  one  and  the 
same  kind  of  influence — such  as  shall  make  them  all  more 
positive  or  more  negative.  Especially  is  this  true  in  many 
cases  where  we  wish  to  run  tlirough  but  a  short  space.  For 
this  purpose,  there  is  frequent  advantage  in  using  conducting 
cords  of  unequal  length.  As  my  views  on  this  point  have 
been  disputed  in  3ertain  quarters,  I  will  endeavor  here  to  place 
them  in  such  a  light  that  they  shall  not  be  rejected  for  want 
of  being  rightly  understood.  ' 

I  have  previously  remarked  *  that  for  practical  purposes,  it 
is  sufficiently  exact  to  consider  the  magr,^tia  cirouU  as  extend- 
.  ing  only  from  the  jposUi/ve  post,  around  through  the  conducting 
c<^>rds,  the  electrodes,  and  the  person  of  the  patient,  to  the 
negative  post.  We  will  so  regai*d  it  at  present.  This  circuit 
may  be  viewed  as  one  continuous  magnet,  made  up  of  several 
Bections  or  shorter  magnets  placed  end  to  end — the  positive 
end  of  the  first  to  the  negative  end  of  the  second,  and  the  pos- 
itive end  of  the  second  to  the  negative  end  of  the  third.  In 
this  arranajement,  the  negative  end  of  the  first  section  is  the 
negative  pole  of  i je  one  whole  magnet,  and  the  pot.  tive  end  of 
the  third  section  is  the  positive  pole  of  the  whole  magnet. 
The  minimum  qrantity  of  the  magnetism  is  supposed  to  be 
at  the  negative  pole,  and  the  maximum  quantity  at  the  posi- 

,   ,  ^Folarisationcf  the  Circuit, '^t^ti^. 


>'■!  i" 


mmm 


t 


erious  dise  ^t. 
althy  part,  we 
every  few  mo- 
jierverted  ac- 
is  witiidrawn, 
esiiined. 


of  the  patient, 
er  one  and  the 
thera  all  more 
true  in  manj 
rt  space.  For 
ng  conducting 
lis  point  have 
r  here  to  place 
ected  for  want 

al  purposes,  it 
7uU  as  extend- 
the  conducting 
patient,  to  the 
This  circuit 

up  of  several 
—the  poBitive 
,  and  the  pos- 
the  third.    In 

section  is  the 
)Ofc  tive  end  of 
hola  magnet 
jpposed  to  be 
7  at  the  posi- 


KLECTRICAL   8C(ICN0E. 


61 


tive  pole;  and  the  quantity  is  supposed  to  increaHe,  by  regu- 
lar ffraduation,  from  the  negative  to  the  positive  pole.  This 
being  so,  the  quantity  is  the  same  in  tlic  positive  end  of  either 
section  and  the  negative  end  of  the  adjoinig  section,  at  their 
point  of  contact. 

Now,  in  practice,  the  body  of  the  patient,  or  bo  much  of  it 
as  is  embraced  between  the  two  electrodes,  may  be  regarded  as 
the  seooTul  section  in  this  magnet;  and  the  cord  connected  with 
the  positive  post,  together  with  its  electrode  attaclied,  may  be 
counted  the^r«^  and  moat  negative  sectioit;  and  the  c(>rd  con- 
nected  with  the  negative  post,  along  with  its  electrode,  may 
bo  the  third  and  moat poaitvue  section.  And  if  this  whole  mag- 
net be  more  >ind  more  positive,  by  regular  degrees  through  all 
the  sections,  frc  la  its  negative  to  its  positive  end  or  pole,  then 
the  nearer  any  given  part  of  it,  say  the  aecond  section — the  pa- 
tient's person,  may  be  to  its  positive  pole  in  the  negative  post, 
so  much  the  more  positive  that  section  or  part  \/ilI  be.  And 
the  nearer  such  part  or  section  may  be  to  the  negative  polo  in 
the  positive  post,  so  much  the  more  negative  it  will  be.  If  the 
cords  be  of  equal  length,  the  central  point  in  the  circuit  or 
magnet  will  be  in  the  second  section — the  person  of  the  pa- 
tient, midway  between  the  electrodes;  and  that  section  will  be 
charged  with  the  m^an  quantity  of  the  magnetic  fluid.  The 
central  point  will  hold  exactly  the  mean  quantity.  But  if  the 
cord  in  the^r*^  section  be  two  yards  long,  and  that  in  the  third 
section  be  Jvttr  yards,  then  section  second — the  patient's  parts 
under  treatment — ^will  be  nearest  to  the  negative  pole  in  the  posi- 
tive post,  and  consequently  will  be  charged  with  much  leae  than 
the  mean  quantity  of  the  fluid,  and  will  therefore  be  made  so 
much  the  more  negative.  If,  on  the  other  hand,  the  cord  in 
section  first  be  four  yards  in  length,  and  that  in  section  third 
be  only  two  yards,  then  the  patient's  body — section  second — 
will  be  brought  nearest  to  the  positive  polo  in  the  negative 
post;  and  of  course  be  charged  with  much  m,ore  than  the  mean 


; 


KLKOTBIOAL   flCIKITCS. 


(jimiitity  of  the  mftgnotio  fluid,  and  hence  will  be  mndo   bo 
much  the  more  positive. 

It  IB  true  that  the  positive  and  negative  p)leB  of  nection 
second — the  jmrts  of  the  patient  between  the  electnuies — will 
not  be  reversed  by  any  such  changes  in  the  length  or  relative 
poBitiona  of  the  conducting  cords;  nor  is  such  reversal  re- 
quired in  those  casee  where  the  use  of  the  long  ooi-d  is  indi- 
cated. The  only  change  of  polarization  called  for  in  Buch 
cases,  is  that  all  the  parts  through  winich  the  cuiTent  is  to 
pasB  should,  in  greater  or  less  degree,  be  affected  alike,  as  be- 
ing made  more  positive  or  more  negative.  Of  course  these 
parts  will  be  so  affected  in  different  degrees — those  nearest 
to  the  short  cord  the  moat/  those  nearest  to  the  long  cord  the 
least. 

The  class  ^i  cases  where  the  use  of  the  long  cord  is  more 
especially  advantageous,  comprises  those  in  which  it  is  desir- 
able to  run  the  current  out  of  the  patient  at  the  shortest  ad- 
missible distance  from  the  positive  electrode.  For  example, 
in  treating  cynanchs  tohsillaris  (quinsy),  if  treating  with  the 
positive  pole  in  the  mouth,  wo  would  not  wish  to  run  the  cur- 
rent further  than  to  the  back  of  the  neck;  or,  if  treating  ex- 
ternally, we  would  not  wish  to  carry  the  negative  electrode 
further  from  the  positive  than  from  side  to  side.  Here  tlie 
long  cord,  with  the  negative  electrode,  would  be  a  special  ad- 
vantage in  subduing  the  inflammation.  We  would  not  care  to 
inorease  the  inflammatory  action,  as  we  should  necessarily  do 
on  the  positive  side  of  the  central  poiut,  by  using  cords  of 
equal  length. 

Again,  if  treating  a  case  of  acute  enteriS  — inflammation 
of  the  intestines — we  would  not  use  the  negacive  pole  at  the 
sacrum  or  the  coccyx.  Keither  would  we  wish  to  reduce  the 
strength  of  the  lower  limbs  by  carrying  the  negative  pole  to 
the  feet.  Nor,  yet  again,  would  we  care  to  endanger  the 
thoracic  viscera  by  running  the  current  from  the  abdomen  up  to 


BLKOTMIOAL   80IEN0K. 


68 


I 


1  be  made   bo 

)l<'8  of  section 

U'ctrodt'B — will 

^th  or  reliitive 

ch  reversftl   re- 

fj  cord  is  indi- 

ed  for  in  such 

e  cuiTent  is  to 

;ed  alike,  as  be- 

Of  course  these 

— those  nearest 

le  lonff  cord  the 

f  cord  is  more 
hich  it  is  desir- 
the  shortest  ad- 

For  example, 
reating  with  the 
to  run  the  cur- 

if  treating  ex- 
jative  electrode 
side.  Here  the 
be  a  special  ad- 
oiild  not  care  to 
d  necessarily  do 
using  cords  of 

— inflammation 
ive  pole  at  the 
)h  to  reduce  the 
negative  pole  to 
)  endanger  the 
)  abdomen  up  to 


the  dorsal  or  cervical  v#»rtebrtB.  The  true  way,  in  Mtch  a  caw, 
would  be  to  connect  the  negative  electrode  with  a  long  cord, 
and  then  to  run  the  current  through  the  inflamed  parts,  and 
out  somcwliere  from  the  lumbar  vertebrue  to  the  coccyx,  by 
treating  over  tlie  abdomen  with  the  })Ositive  pole,  and  placing 
the  negative  pole  on  the  lower  parts  of  the  spiue. 

As  the  cords  that  accompany  the  machine  from  the  manu- 
facturer are  usually  cut  about  two  yards  in  length,  every  prac- 
titioner should  supply  himself  with  an  extra  cord,  of  at  least 
three  yards,  to  be  used  as  the  long  cord. 

THB   IMWARD   AND   TUK   OUTWARD   ODRBEMT. 

I  have  already  said  that  when  the  conducting  cords  are  of 
equal  length,  as  for  the  most  part  they  should  be,  the  central 
point  of  the  circuit  will  be  in  the  person  of  the  patient,  about 
midway  between  tlie  two  electrodes.  Now,  since  the  current 
always  runs  from  the  positive  to  the  negative  the  circuit  will 
be  in  the  person  of  the  patient,  about  midway  between  the  two 
electrodes.  Now,  since  the  current  always  runs  from  the  pos- 
itive to  the  negative  pole,  and  makes  its  whole  circuit  in  that 
direction,  it  will  be  readily  seen  that,  from  the  place  on  the 
patient  where  the  positive  pole  is  applied,  inward  as  far  as  to 
the  central  point,  the  direction  of  the  current  may  properly  be 
said  to  be  inward,'  and  that,  from  the  central  point  to  the 
place  of  the  negative  electrode,  where  the  current  comes  out, 
its  direction  may  be  said  to  be  outward.  Wlien,  therefore,  a 
part  is  treated  with  the  positive  pole,  or  when  the  part  under 
treatment  appears  anywhere  between  the  positive  pole  and  the 
central  point,  it  is  not  unusual  to  say,  it  is  treated  with  the 
inward  current.  And  when  a  part  is  treated  with  the  nega- 
tive pole,  or  when  it  appears  between  the  central  point  and 
the  negative  pole,  it  is  often  spoken  of  as  being  treated  with 
the  outward  current. 


.».Bce;i.'>  ■ 


64 


ELECTRICAL   80IBN0B. 


MECHANICAL   EFFECT   OF    EACH   POLE. 

The  mechanical  effect  of  the  forward  end  of  the  current,  or 
that  part  of  it  which  is  under  the  negative  electrode,  is  to  re- 
lax, expand  and  weaken;  while  that  of  the  rear  end,  under  the 
jjositive  elctrode,  is  to  contract  and  strengthen.  A  moving 
ship  disperses  the  waters  at  its  bow,  but  draws  them  in  at  its 
stem.  The  bullet  shot  from  a  gun,  in  passing  through  a  plank, 
leaves  the  perforation  closed  where  it  enters  in,  but  wide  open 
where  it  comes  out.  Thus,  in  physics,  the  advance  end  of  a 
moving  body  tends  to  disperse  the  element  through  which  it 
is  passing,  while  the  rear  end  tends  to  its  contraction.  Anal- 
ogous to  this  are  the  mechanical  effects  of  the  different  ends 
of  an  electrical  current  in  the  living  tissue.  Wlien,  therefore, 
we  wish  to  relax  a  muscle  that  is  unnaturally  contracted,  as  by 
rheumatism  or  Otuerwise,  we  must  bring  it  under  the  forward 
end — the  outward  current — the  negative  pole.  If  we  desire 
to  contract  ligam^^nts  or  muscles  that  are  abnormally  relaxed, 
(iiot  atrcj}hied),  as  in  prolapsus  uteri,  we  must  subject  them 
to  the  rear  end  of  the  current — the  positive  pole.  Parte  that 
are  unnaturally  contracted  are  electrically  negative  in  excess, 
and  need  to  be  nade  more  positive.  And  parts  that  are  un- 
healthily relaxed  are  too  positive,  and  should  be  made  more 
negative.  "We  make  a  part  more  positive  by  applying  to  it  the 
negative  pole,  and  more  negative  by  applying  to  it  the  positive 
pole.  Parts  spas-inodicalf'y  contracted  are  acute  and  positive; 
those  peiynancfitly  contracted  are  chronic  and  negative. 

EELAXED   XSm   ATEOPHIED   OOlTOITIOKa. 

I  alluded  above  to  a  distinction  between  a  relawed  and  an 
atrophied,  condition  r)f  an  organ.  There  is  such  a  distinction, 
.chich  should  be  carefully  observed  while  treating  parts  so  af- 
fef^.ted.  An  atrophied  muscle  or  organ  becomes  soft  and  flabby 
from  lack  of  nourishment.     But  this  condition  is  not  properly 


grwpiiw" 


•mmtmm 


ELKOTRICAL   8CTEN0K. 


65 


OLE. 

if  the  current,  or 
lectrode,  is  to  re- 
ar end,  under  the 
then.  A  moving 
ws  them  in  at  its 
through  a  plank, 
n,  but  wide  open 
idvance  end  of  a 
through  which  it 
ntraction.  Anal- 
the  different  ends 
Wlien,  therefore, 
'  contracted,  as  by 
iindei'  the  forward 
le.  If  we  desire 
normally  relaxed, 
ust  subject  them 
pole.  Parts  that 
egative  in  excess, 
parts  that  are  un- 
ild  be  made  more 
applying  to  it  the 
;  to  it  the  positive 
5Ute  and  positive; 
i  negative. 

TI0N8. 

a  relcuned  and  an 
such  a  distinction, 
eating  parts  so  af- 
les  soft  and  flabby 
on  is  not  properly 


one  of  relaxation.  It  is  rather  a  diminution — a  thinning  mit 
of  atoms,  by  wasting  without  replenishment.  Such  a  condi- 
tion is  always  negative,  and  requires  treatment  under  the  neg- 
ative pole.  On  the  contrary,  relaxed  parts,  such  as  appear  in 
prolapsus  uteri,  and  in  the  sagging  down  of  the  diaphragm, 
with  the  thoracic  and  abdominal  viscera,  exhibit  no  lack  of 
nutrition  or  of  vital  action.  EelaxPtion  is  loosening  of  atoms 
from  each  other,  more  or  less,  without  loss  of  aggregate  weight; 
and  implies  a  condition  electrically  positive  in  excess,  and  calls 
for  treatment  with  the  positive  pole. 

GENERAL   DIRECTIONS   OF   THE   CUBEENT. 

Negative  affections,  as  a  general  rule,  are  best  treated  with 
the  upward-running  current — the  positive  pole  being  placed 
at  a  lower  point  than  the  negative.  Inflammatory  affections, 
and  other  plus  conditions,  for  the  most  part,  should  be  treated 
with  the  down-running  current,  keeping  the  negative  pole  at  a 
lower  point  than  the  positive.  But  these  rules  admit  of  fre- 
quent exceptions,  which  every  practitioner's  expe'ience  will 
soon  reveal. 

The  downward  current,  running  with  the  downward  and 
outward  course  of  the  nerves,  tends  to  depletion  and  weahiesSy 
for  the  reason  that  it  runs  off  from  the  eyetem  the  electro-vital 
fluid.  The  upward  current,  on  the  other  hand,  running  against 
the  nerves,  inward  towards  their  source,  feeds  the  syst^sm  with 
fresh  electricity,  and  gives  a  tonic  effect.  Yet  for  this  purpose, 
it  must  not  be  too  long  continued,  nor  of  too  severe  strength, 
lest  it  overtask  and  irritate  the  nerve-sheaths. 

In  treating  a.  paralyzed  organ,  the  current  should  commonly 
be  run  from  a  healthy  part,  whether  that  require  it  to  be 
directed  downwards  or  upwards.  For  example:  In  treating 
a  paralyzed  foot  or  leg,  the  positive  pole  shonld  be  upon  the 
lower  part  of  tho  spine — at  the  coccyx — or  even  under  the  sole 
of  the  opposite  foot.     It  is  best  to  alternate  between  these 


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BLECTUIOAL   SCIENCE. 


positions.  So  in  treating  a  paralyzed  hand  or  arm,  let  the  cnr- 
rent  be  run  from  the  upper  part  of  the  spine,  and  frequently 
also  from  the  opposite  hand.  With  the  negative  electrode, 
treat  all  over  the  paralyzed  parts.  Yet  it  is  well,  in  these  cases, 
otiteii  to  reverse  the  direction  of  the  current  for  a  brief  period 
at  the  close  of  the  sittings,  say  one  to  two  minutes,  for  the 
purpose  of  rousing  the  nervous  susceptibility,  and  to  prevent 
exhaustion  from  too  continuously  running  off  the  electro-vital 
fluid. 

TREATING   WITH   ELEOTROLYnO   0UEEENT8. 

For  decomposing  and  carrying  off  unnatural  growths,  as  fis- 
tula, ficus,  glandular  enlargements  and  other  tumors,  it  is  often 
best  to  dilute  the  electrolytic  quality  of  the  galvanic  current 
A  B  with  one  or  both  of  the  Faradaic  currents,  as  by  taking 
A  C  or  A  D  instead  of  A  B.  But  malignant  and  poisonous 
affections,  as  scirrhus  and  other  varieties  of  cancer,  and  also 
cases  of  infectious  virus,  demand  continually,  or  with  but  occa- 
sional exceptions,  the  primary  galvanic  current  A  B.  In 
treating  these  malignant  affdctions,  the  current  should  be  run 
through  as  short  a  distance  of  heaUhy  tissue  as  possible,  yet 
60  as  fairly  to  reach  the  diseased  part.  And  whether  this  part 
he  brought,  for  a  given  time,  under  the  one  pole  or  the  other,  the 
opposite  pole  should  be  attached  to  the  long  cord,  so  as  to  throw 
the  central  point  of  the  circuit,  not  in  the  person  of  the  pa- 
tient, but  out  on  the  long  cord,  thus  bringing  the  entire  organic 
parts  through  which  the  current  is  passed  on  one  and  the  same 
side  of  the  center,  and  so,  under  the  ruling  influence  of  the 
eame  pole. 

Those  diseases  which  require  the  chemical  or  electrolytic 
currents  should,  for  the  most  part,  be  treated  under  the  nega- 
tive  pole,  particularly  those  which  need  the  galvanic  current 
A  B,  and  also  old  ulcers  and  chronic  irritation  ofun/wyas  sur- 
/aces.  Glandular  enlargement^  not  of  scirrhous  character,  and 
ey<arescent  growths  not  poisonous,  may  often  be  reduced,  and 


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67 


rra,  let  the  car- 
and  frequently 
ative  electrode, 
I,  in  these  cases, 
r  a  brief  period 
linutes,  for  the 
and  to  prevent 
the  electro-vital 

5NT8. 

growths,  as  fis- 
mors,  it  is  often 
galvanic  current 
ts,  as  by  taking 
and  poisonoiis 
cancer,  and  also 
r  with  but  occa- 
rent  A  B.  In 
it  should  be  run 
as  possible,  yet 
whether  this  part 
or  the  other,  the 
•d,  80  as  to  throw 
erson  of  the  pa- 
he  entire  organic 
ne  and  the  same 
influence  of  the 

1  or  electrolytic 
under  the  nega- 
galvanic  current 
n  qfmuotis  sur- 
as  character,  and 
be  reduced,  and 


perhaps  sometimes  cured,  under  the  positive  pole.  Bu  ^  my 
own  experience,  even  with  these  aflfections,  is  that  it  is  better 
to  tieat  them  under  the  negative  pole  until  they  come  to  as- 
sume, as  sometimes  they  will,  an  acute  state,  when  the  positive 
pole  may  be  used  with  success.  If,  however,  it  appears  desira- 
ble to  produce  a  cauterizing  effect,  this  must  be  done  by  per- 
sistent treatment  under  the  negative  pole  of  a  strong  A  B  or 
A  C  current,  and  if  the  disease  be  external,  with  a  small  pointed 
electrode. 

POSITIVE   AND   NEGATIVE   MANIFESTATIONS. 

Acute  diseases  are  to  be  regarded  as  electrically  positive,  and 
chrome  affections  as  negative.  The  exceptions  are  rare,  if  any 
at  all.  MaUgnant  cholera,  which  is  eminently  acute,  might 
by  some  be  CQnsidered  as  an  exception.  In  negative  diseases, 
there  is  a  low  degree  of  electro-vitality.  And  it  has  been  re- 
marked by  careful  observers,  particularly  in  the  Orient,  thet 
cholera  rages  with  greatest  destructiveness  when  no  special 
electric  phenomena  have  for  a  long  time  appeared  in  the  atmos- 
phere, and  when  the  artificial  electrical  apparatus  could  be 
made  tc-  yield  its  sparks  only  with  diificulty,  or  not  at  all. 
And  again,  after  a  thunder-storm,  when  the  electric  machine 
works  again  freely,  the  cholera  is  also  found  to  abate  quickly, 
and  sometimes  very  greatly.  The  inference  drawn  from  these 
facts  has  been  that  the  prevalence  of  cholera  is  largely  owing 
to  a  lack  of  electricity  in  the  atmosphere,  and  consequently  to 
a  want  of  the  animal  electricity  or  electro-vitality  in  the  sys- 
tem of  the  patient;  and  thence  it  might  be  concluded  that 
cholera  implies  a  negative  condition  of  the  system.  I  think 
there  is  a  fallacy  in  this  reasoning.  There  appears  to  me  to 
be  an  unwarrantable  assumption  in  confidently  attributing  the 
long  absence  from  the  heavens  of  marked  electrical  phenomena, 
and  the  failure  of  the  electric  machine  to  give  its  spark,  to  an 
unquestioned  deficiency  of  atmospheric  electricity.     Electrical 


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ELECTBIOAL   SCIENCE. 


m!:.       ■'.■■V 


manifestations  take  place  only  when  the  phu  and  minus  con- 
ditljns  are  existing,  in  relation  to  each  other,  somewhat  near, 
or  not  very  remote;  and  the  visible  phenomena  appear  when 
the  positive  and  negative  rush  together,  ao  as  to  produce  a 
polar  equi librinm.  But  suppose  a  j[>lu8  condition  to  exist  over 
a  wide  region,  then,  everything  being  overohargedt  the  visible 


:'^ 


No.  2.    Physician's  Visiting  Machine. 

No.  2  is  a  four  coil  apparatus,  producing  ten  currents  of  eleclricity,  of  com- 
nacVfrnm  with  an  uprigkt  stopfer  battery,  constantly  ready  for  use  many 
^eeks  wUhoul  any  atti^tfon.  TSfcoil^box  stand,  upright  m  one  «'d  rf  J.'' 
case  where  it  is  hinged.  By  springs  underneath  the  hinges  that  fasten  the  coil- 
box  to  the  case,  the^battery'isLnn^cted  to  operate  the  coils  f «"  t«'?}«d  down 
to  a  horizontal  position,  as  seen  in  the  figure.  If  ever  desired  the  coil-box  can 
be  detached  and  connected  with  any  ather  battery  by  the  '*o/"7  .^«.P' .°" 
the  back  part.  This  machine  is  about  6  inches  long,  3>i  wide,  and  6  inches 
deep,  and  has  a  metallic  handle  for  carrying  -„,-,.»« 

Uo.  3  is  another  form  of  Physician's  Visilir.g  Machine.  It  hat  ten  c,,rrei^>. 
of  the  fame  qualities  as  those' of  Machine  No.  2;  but  the  helix  remains  hon^ 
rental  in  the  case,  which  is  a  little  larger  than  that  of  No.  a.  With  rubber 
stopper  battery. 

phenomena  would  be  as  rare  and  as  difficult  of  attainment  ab 
if  all  around  were  negative.  How,  then,  can  it  be  inferred, 
with  any  certainty,  from  such  data,  that  there  is  a  deficiency 
of  electricity,  rather  than  an  excess  of  it? 

In  the  case  of  cholera,  for  instance  the  first  stage,  or  during 
the  "rice-water  "  dischargee,  the  condition  of  the  system  is,  as 


id  minus  Con- 
ine wLr.t  near, 
appear  when 
to  produce  a 
n  to  exist  over 
jedf  the  visible 


r 


eleclricity,  of  coin- 
ready  for  use  many 
in  one  end  of  the 
that  fasten  the  coil- 
i  when  turned  dov/n 
ed  the  coil-box  can 
two  screw  cups  on 
wide,  and  6  inches 

It  hat  ten  cnrreiits 
helix  remains  hori- 
Fo.  2.    With  rubber 


f  attainment  ab 

it  be  inferred, 

)  is  a  deficiency 

stage,  or  during 
the  system  is,  as 


ELEOTBIOAL   SOIENOB.  fP 

in  other  acute  affections,  excessively  positive;  but  that,  as  the 
collapse  comes  on,  it  rapidly  subsides  into  an  intensely  nega- 
tive state,  thus  asbuming  the  chief  characteristic  of  a  chronic 
condition. 

I  have  no  donbt  that  the  prevalence  of  cholera  is  often  ag- 
gravated or  mitigated  by  peculiar  electrical  states  of  the  atmos- 
phere. •  It  appears  altogether  probable  that  such  may  be  the 
fact;  and  I  should  presume  that  electrical  treatment,  properly 
administered,  would  be  found  eminently  successful  in  this  fear- 
ful malady. 

Again,  in  chronic  rheumatism  there  might,  at  first  view, 
seem  to  be  frequent  exceptions  to  the  rule  last  above  stated; 
but  the  cases  alluded  to  are  not  such.  It  is  often  the  fact,  dur- 
ing chronic  rheumatism,  that  soreness  and  severe  pain  are  felt, 
e8i)ecially  under  the  presentation  of  the  negative  pole,  tlius 
showing  that  these  points  require  to  be  treated  with  the  posi- 
tive pole.  But,  in  such  cases,  although  the  general  disease  of 
the  system  be  chronic  and  negative,  these  sore  and  severely 
painful  points  have,  for  the  time,  risen  i'  their  electro-vital 
condition,  and  so  become  acute  and  positive.  But  when 
chronic  rheumatism  is  attended  with  only  a  dull  pain,  and 
that  chiefly  under  exercise  of  the  parts,  and  with  little  or  no 
increase  of  pain  under  an  application  of  the  negative  pole  of 
the  A  D  current,  medium  strength,  and  with  no  swelling, 
then  the  pain,  the  stiffness  and  the  lameness  are  all  marks  of 
the  negative  state,  and  the  parts  must  be  treated  with  the  neg- 
ative pole  Oi  the  A  D  current,  strongly  at  first,  but  diminish- 
ing in  force,  from  tinie  to  time,  as  the  patient  becomes  relieved. 

Alkaline  affections — those  causing  excessive  alkaline  secre- 
tions— are  elecU'ically  positive.  Acid  or  acidulous  states  are 
negative. 

HEALING. 

For  healing  wounds,  burns,  ulcers,  irritation  of  mucous 
membranes,  and  cutaneous  eruptions,  the  A  D  current  is  by 


cXW 


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70 


ELGCTKIOAL   80IEN0B. 


far  the  best.  Recent  wounds,  contusions  and  burns  are  elec- 
trically positive.  Old  ulcers  and  irritations  are  generally  neg- 
ative. 

DIAGNOSIS.  ■■;';• 'v;-^''.:''-' 

To  make  a  correct  diagnosis,  it  is  needful  to  bear  in  mind 
the  following  general  principles:  ■  -.:  ■ 

1.  Wl«re  tie  organism  is  in  health,  the  momentary  appli- 
cation to  the  patient  of  the  negative  pole  of  the  double  Fara- 
daic  current  B  D — the  best  for  diagnostic  use — in  good  me- 
dium strength,*  will  be  directly  felt,  yet  will  cause  no  pain. 
Whatever  muaoular  contractions  may  be  produced  for  the 
time,  they  are  harmless,  and  need  not  be  noticed.  Wherever 
the  electro-vital  fluid  io  in  excess,  producing  hypersthesia — 
too  much  vital  action — the  part  is  morbidly  poaiti/oe;  and,  ex- 
cepting sometimes  in  the  stomach  and  bowels,  the  B  D  cur- 
rent, of  medium  force,  directed  to  that  part  under  the  negative 
pole,  will  produce  sluirjp  pain.  But  where  a  current  of  full 
medium  strengtli  can  not  be  felt  under  the  negative  pole, 
there  is  a  morbidly  negative  state — a  deficiency  of  vital  action 
— a  condition  of  at  least  partial  paralysis — anaesthesia. 

2.  In  a  state  of  health,  different  persons  will  have  different 
degrees  of  sensibility  to  the  electric  current,  depending  on 
their  varied  nervous  susceptibility.  Again,  the  same  person 
will  be  much  less  sensitive  to  the  current  when  directed  to  the 
spine,  particularly  the  lower  part  of  it,  and  to  the  stomach, 
than  when  directed  to  most  other  parts.  Also,  where  bones 
He  near  the  surface,  the  periosteum — the  membrane  imme- 
diately investing  the  bone — is  apt  to  feel  more  sensibly  under 
the  electrodes  than  the  muscular  parts.  But  these  variations 
Boon  become  so  familiar  to  the  practitioner  that  he  finds  no 
diflSculty  in  making  the  proper  allowances  for  them. 

♦By  a  current  of  good  medium  strength,  T  mean  one  which,  In  the  hands,  is 
ordinarily  felt  rather  strongly,  yet  not  suificlenily  so  to  produce  distress. 


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71 


irns  are  eleo- 
[enerallj  neg- 


bear  in  mind 

lentary  appli- 

double  Fara- 

-in  good  me- 

luse  no  pain. 

uced  for  the 

J.     Wherever 

ypersthesia — 

ti/oe;  and,  ex- 

the  B  D  cur- 

r  the  negative 

jurrent  of  full 

Degative  pole, 

of  vital  action 

;hesia. 

have  different 
depending  on 
)  same  person 
iirected  to  the 
the  stomach, 
►,  where  bones 
ibrane  imme- 
sensibly  under 
lese  variations 
i£t  he  finds  no  • 
lem. 


1,  in  the  hands,  It 

:e  distress. 


In  making  an  electrical  examination,  the  two  following 
questions  present  theiViselves  to  be  answered:  First,  whether 
anywhere,  and,  if  so,  where  is  there  a  morbid  electrical  state 
in  the  body  of  this  patient?  Second,  what  is  the  electrical 
condition  of  that  unhealthy  part?  Is  it  positive  or  negatived 
,  These  questions  being  answered,  according  to  the  tests  just 
given,  the  well-instructed  practitioner  is  prepared  to  go  on 
and  treat  the  patient  judiciously,  and  with  success,  if  success 
be  attainable  by  any  form  of  medication. 

Let  me  next  say,  it  is  hest,  as  a  general  rule,  to  make  ex- 
amination with  the  negative  jwle.  The  reason  of  this  is  that, 
since  the  current  is  always  more  energetic  under  the  negative 
then  under  the  positive  pole,  it  makes  itself  more  sensibly y<??< 
there  than  under  the  positive  pole.  Indeed,  it  will  commonly 
be  felt  even  to  paitifulness  there,  if  the  port  were  overcharged 
and  inflamed  before.  Thus,  under  the  negative  electrode,  the 
current  readily  detects  any  active  disease.  But,  if  we  be  mak- 
ing the  examination  with,  the  positi/ve  pole,  as  we  come  upon 
any  point  more  or  less  inflamed,  the  current,  quick  as  light- 
ning, rushes  away  from  such  inflamed  part  to  the  part  under 
the  stationary  negative  pole,  carrying  with  it,  for  the  time  be- 
ing, more  or  less  of  that  excess  of  electro-vital  fluid  which  was 
in  force  at  the  inflamed  point;  so  that  no  pain,  perhaps,  is 
experienced  there;  aiid  thus  the  disease  escapes  detection 

I  am  aware  that  it  has  been  said  by  some  of  our  practition- 
ers, that  it  is  not  quite  prudent  to  use  the  negative  pole  in 
hand  for  diagnosis,  lest  we  possibly  contract  the  disease  from 
the  patient;  since,  in'  that  case,  the  current  runs  from  the 
patient  to  the  practitioner.  They  think  it  safer  to  use  the 
positive  pole  in  hand;  so  letting  the  current  run  from  the 
practitioner  to  the  patient.  There  is  force  in  this  considera- 
ation,  without  doubt,  where  the  patient  is  affected  with  a  poi- 
sonous or  malignant  disease.  And  where  anything  of  this  na- 
ture is  apprehended,  I  would  never  examine  with  the  negative 


m 


72 


ELECTBIOAL   SCIENCE. 


If" 


pole  in  hiiiid.  But  these  cases  are  commonly  so  manifest,  or 
eo  canily  determined  by  colloquial  incjuiry,  that  cxamia.  ticn 
with  the  elcf;tric  current  is  rarely  if  ever  necessary.  And 
wliou  the  disease  is  plainly  not  of  a  poisonous  or  infe;itiou9 
'nature,  I  do  J»ot  think  th.  -'^  is  any  danger  to  be  ajiprel^nded 
fro'n  1 10  cai  tat  •;  1  (.  erefore  prefer,  at  a  general  rule,  to 
vxu  Ann  wit'.i  w      . . ;;,  Uin.  pt'e;  and  for  the  reason  given  above. 

The  teir  'erat'  r','  •■. '  1  '  ;>  room  and  the  adjustment  of  apparel 
should  be  the  Bnvi^'^  M  l'^"  "'•eatuient.  To  prevent  improper 
chilliness,  the  room  oug.jt  t  >  be  of  such  temperature  that 
clotliirif^  is  not  required  for  bodily  comfort — say,  from  70  to 
80  degrees,  I'^ahrenheit.  Seat  the  patient  on  a  stool  or  chair, 
■(a  stool  is  most  convenient),  and  yourself  at  his  side,  with  your 
machine  ready  for  use,  on  a  table  or  bench  before  him,  and  a 
vessel  of  warm  water  within  easy  reach.  If  the  patient  be  a 
man  we  let  his  trunk  be  disrobed,  giving;  free  access  to  the 
back,  chest  and  abdomen.  If  the  patient  be  a  woman,  let  her 
be  fiovered  with  a  ti-eating-robe,  of  which  garments  the  prac- 
titioner should  keep  a  supply.  They  are  made  much  like  a 
livdy's  plain  nightgown;  but  large  and  loose,  so  as  to  serve 
ladies  of  any  size,  and  give  ample  room  to  work  the  electrodes 
under  them.  Her  skirts  should  be  dropped  helow  the  seat,  so 
tar  that  their  bands  shall  lie  acro^-^  her  lap. 

Let  us  now  suppose  the  machine  to  be  working.  We  will 
take  the  B  .T)  current.  Let  it  be  of  good  medium  strength. 
We  regulate  the  strength  by  the  quantity  of  fluid  in  the  bat- 
tery, so  far  as  vohime  is  concerned,  and  by  means  of  the  plunger 
as  res  ^cts  intensity.  The  electrodes  should  be  dampened 
with  warm  water.  Let  tlie  sponge-roll^  (a  very  thin  e.xpansion 
of  sponge,  quilted  upon  a  muslin  lining,  and  enveloping  one 
of  tlie  tin  electrodes),  be  made  the  jx)eiti\e  pole,  and  be  placed 
under  the  coccyx — lowest  p-^rt  of  the  spine.  Then  attach  the 
positive  cordj  that  is,  the  cord  connected  with  the  negative 
post,  to  another  sponge-roll,  to  be  held  in  the  operator's  right 


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78 


f>  manifest,  or 
t'xainiu.  ticn 
lessary.     And 
or  infrcitious 
ajtprel'^uded 
e:iei;il  rule,  to 
given  above, 
ent  of  apparel 
rent  improper 
l>erature  that 
iv,  from  70  to 
stool  or  chair, 
ide,  with  your 
re  him,  and  a 
5  patient  be  a 
access  to  the 
i^oman,  let  her 
euts  the  prac- 
;  much  like  a 
0  as  to  serve 
the  electrodes 
?t/j  the  seat,  bo 

ing.  We  will 
ium  strength, 
id  in  the  bat- 
of  the  plunger 

be  dampened 
hin  expansion 
nveloping  one 
and  be  placed 
hen  attach  the 

the  negative 
)eraior'8  right 


If'd;  o',  what  is  better,  atta;;h  it  to  u  thir,  flexible,  metallic 
w  istband,  (br:>«8  is  good,  but  metallic  la  ,  such  as  is  used  in 
♦  immir-^  regalia,  is  best),  underlaid  with  wet  muslin,  and 
^stened  around  the  right  wrist  This  brings  the  operator's 
hand  into  the  c'rcui*^  s  the  negative  electrode  or  polo.  Next, 
pass  a  moist,  warnj  sponcre  all  over  the  j>atieutV  buck.  Now, 
before  the  back  bee*  .nes  dry,  press  the  points  of  the  two  fingers  • 
firmly,  yet  not  r.icomfortably,  upon  tlie  back  of  the  neck  at 
the  base  of  the  skull;  thence  move  gradually  downward  by 
frequent  touches  of  the  same  firm  b»it  gentle  character,  keep- 
ing one  finger  on  each  side  of  the  spinous  processes,  until  the 
whole  length  of  the  spine  has  been,  in  this  maimer,  passed 
over.  If  sharp  pain  or  soreness  be  felt  at  any  point,  note 
that  point;  there  is  inflamed  irritation  there.  Then  return  up  to 
the  right  or  left  shoulder,  and  pass  in  like  mjyiner,  by  frequent 
touches  with  one  or  two  fingers,  over  jJl  parts  of  the  back 
on  that  side  of  the  spine,  down  to  the  hips.  Then  in  the 
same  way,  examine  the  shoulder  and  back  on  the  other 
side  of  the  spine  noting  as  before,  every  ])oint,  if  there 
be  any,  where  soreness  and  pain  appear.  After  tins,  pass 
over  the  entire  neck;  then  over  the  front  parts  of  the  tho- 
rax and  abdomen  down  to  the  jielvic  bones,  everywhere  watch- 
ing for  soreness  and  pain.  Next  go  to  the  head.  Wet  the 
hair  through  to  the  scalp,  becnuse  dry  hair  is  a  bad  conductor, 
and  change  to  a  very  aqft  B  C  current.  Tlien  go  over  all  the 
head  .  ^  the  Kanie  manner  as  over  the  neck  and  trunk.  Better 
reverse  he  poles  on  the  head,  by  transposing  the  cords  in  tl'e 
posts,  so  8  to  make  the  manipulating  hand  the positwe  pole. 
The  liead  s,  or  ought  to  be,  extremely  sensitive.  You  need 
not  do  iiiis,  however,  if  the  negative  pole  can  be  recjeived  on 
the  head  without  discomfort,  as  it  sometimes  can  be.  Com- 
mence on  the  cerebrum,  and  then  pass  to  the  cereliellural 

If,  in  the  examination  A  the  spine,  the  practitioner  finds  it 
uncomfortable  to  bear  in  his  fingers  a  current  of  sufficient 


:^ 


-"■--•as 


?. 


\:\^;: 


74 


£LECTUICAL    St'IKNCB. 


strength  to  l»e  diBtinctly  felt  in  thiit  part  of  tlio  pntfent,  he 
may  use  the  Hide-spungo  cup  on  the  spine.  But  let  him  never 
use  a  current  on  another  peravtt  which  he  does  not  first  apply 
to  his  own  '  .  .08,  so  as  to  know  its  intensity,  Indeed,  if  one 
prefer  t'^  ..<<e  the  side-sponge  cup  through  the  whole  ]>roce88, 
he  '•  -  do  HO  although  there  !«  advantage  in  nwing  the  fingers, 
tice,  by  their  concentrated  impressions  he  in  more  sure  to 
detect  disetise  thivn  by  the  broader  face  of  the  Hj)onge  cup. 


Primaky  Cki.l  Battery,  shown  without  the  lid. 

Primary  C!ell  Battery,  ,i8  cells,  carbon  and  line  elements,  sir.e  of  cells  2^ 
inches  long,  horizontal  le.igth,  lyi  wide,  ^%  deep.  Polished  walnut  case,  17 
inches  long,  7  wide,  \2%  deep. 

Now,  wlu rover  there  is  found  soreness  or  lanmnating  p(dn 
Tinder  tlie  touch  it  is  sure  that  the  part  is  preternaturally 
positive — nioi'e  or  lees  so,  according  to  the  degree  of  painful 
irritability.     On  the  other  haiid,  if  there  be  found  a  part 


ELECTBIOAL   SCIEKOB. 


7ft 


tlio  patient,  he 
let  him  never 
not  first  apply 
Indeed,  if  one 
whole  process, 
111;  the  fingers, 
more  Bure  to 
>onge  cup. 


IE  LID. 

5,  sire  of  cells  2^ 
ed  walnut  case,  17 


imnating  padn 

pretematnrally 

ree  of  painful 

found  a  part 


evincing  much  less  than  the  nsnal  sensibility  found  in  the 
healthy  corresponding  part  of  other  patients,  it  may  safely  be 
pronounced  torpid  or  paralytic,  more  or  less.  It  lacks  sufHcient 
electro- vitality,  is  improperly  negative,  and  needs  to  be  treated 
V'ith  the  negative  pole. 

It  will  often  ha])pen  that  diseased  action  is  found  in  parts 
where  thepatient  was  entirely  unaware  of  its  existence  until 
the  practitioner's  fingers  or  other  electrode  revealed  it.  Again, 
it  will  sometimes  be  found  that  there  is  no  disease  whatever  in 
parts  where  the  patient  supposed  disease  to  be  active.  But  when 
we  find  patients  to  be  especially  nervous,  it  is  not  always  best  to 
tell  them  immediately  just  what  our  examinations  have  revealed 
to  us — how  severely  or  how  little  we  think  them  diseased.  It 
is  sometimes  better  to  humor,  more  or  less,  the  patient's  own 
views  for  a  time;  lest,  by  exciting  him  or  her,  we  make  a  dif- 
ficult case  out  of  one  that  might  have  been  mastered  with  com- 
l)arative  ease.     In  this  matter  discretion  should  guide  us. 

Hut  let  me  say  further,  what  I  deeply  feel,  that  neither  do  I 
think  it  right  to  persistently  conceal  from  patients,  especially 
thoHC  who  are  dangerously  affected,  a  knowledge  of  their  true 
condition.  In  my  opinion,  physicians  often  unwittingly  incur 
an  awful  responsibility  in  this  way,  wronging  their  patients  In 
the  most  vital  and  momentous  of  all  interests — the  interests 
involved  in  a  due  preparation  for  death,  I  believe  the  true 
way,  in  every  such  case,  is  for  the  physician  himself,  in  a  kind 
and  soothing  manner,  to  reveal  to  the  patient,  little  by  little, 
if  need  be,  what  he  really  thinks,  or  to  ask  the  patient's  pastor, 
or  some  other  calm  and  judicious  person  to  do  it  for  him.  I 
believe  the  visits  of  a  discreet  and  affectionate  pastor,  or,  in 
the  absence  of  a  pastor,  of  some  other  mild  and  Christian 
friend,  to  the  bedside  of  the  sick  is,  nine  times  in  ten,  not  only 
no  embarrassment  to  the  patient's  recovery,  but  positively 
favorable  to  it,  and  ought  to  be  habitually  encouraged,  rather 
than  restrained  by  medical  practitioners. 


«/i-■^^;.  ";■".' &^..   lA*  VI'.''- 


-»,.*•♦ 


PRESCRIPTIONS. 


PRELIMINARY  REMARKS. 


*?5i: 


The  author  wishes  to  caution  the  reader  not  to  rely  merely 
on  the  forms  of  treatment  here  prescribed,  but  to  study  thor- 
ou^ldy  the  principles  taught  in  the  preceding  pages,  until  he 
shall  have  mastered  them,  and  can  judge  for  hinis(!lf  of  the 
correctness  of  these  prescriptionf*.  It  should  be  remembered, 
however,  that  the  diseases  here  considered  are  viewed  in  their 
simple  or  uncom/plicated  suites.  Where  comj)lications  exist, 
the  treatment  must  be  mcxliKed  according  to  the  judgment  of 
the  practitioner. 

In  these  instructions,  it  is  always  to  be  understood  that  the 
treatment  prescribed  is  with  cords  of  equal  length,  except 
when  the  long  cord  is  especially  mentioned. 

In  most  of  the  local  diseases  here  named,  particularly  those 
which  are  electrically  negative,  it  is  desirable  to  supplement 
the  local  treatment  prescribed  with  occksional  general  tonic 
treatment,  where,  in  the  judgment  oi  'he  practitioner,  it  can 
be  given  without  detriment  to  the  local  aiiection. 

In  all  treatments,  the  electrodes  should  be  moistened  \nth 

warm  water. 

f 

OENEUAL    TONIO    TREATMENT. 

Take  the  B  D  current,  (A  D  is  very  good),  of  fair  medium 
strength.  Place  the  sponge-roll,  N,  P.  (Negative  Pole),  at  the 
coccyx — lowest  jjoint  of  spine — and  mani2)ulate  with  side- 
sponge  cup,  P.  P.  (Positive  Pole),  from  the  feet  all  over  the 
lower  limbs  to  and  about   the   hips,  occupying  five  to  ten 


;f9*- 


■1 


ELECTRtOAL   MBDIOATIOV. 


n 


,4 


to  rely  merely 
t  to  study  thor- 
pnuft's,  until  he 

hiiiiMCilf  of  the 
be  remembered, 
viewed  iu  their 
plications  exiBt, 
;he  judgment  of 

erstood  that  the 
length,  except 

irticularly  those 

to  supplement 

1  general  tonio 

ctitioner,  it  caa 

)n,  ■..^■•^V'-r 

moistened  vnth 


of  fair  medium 
ve  Pole),  at  the 
late  with  side- 
jet  all  over  the 
ing  five  to  ten 


iiiinutcfl.  Tlicn  remove  the  N.  P.,  substitnting  for  the 
»lK)nge-roll  the  end-sponge  cup,  and  place  this  upon  the  spine 
at  the  lower  part  of  the  neck.  Now  manipulate  with  sido- 
H|K)nge  cup,  P.  P.,  over  the  trunk  generally,  from  the  lower  to 
the  up])er  parts,  giving  si)ecial  attention  to  the  spinal  column 
by  treating  it  scinewhat  more  than  other  parts.  Treat  the 
trunk  sonje  five  to  tifti!en  minutes.  Next,  keeping  the  N.  P. 
still  upon  the  back  of  the  neck,  treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  hands 
and  arms,  up  to  and  about  the  shoulders.  Treat  here  two  or 
three  minutes. 

It  has  been  customary,  for  the  most  part,  in  giving  general 
tonic  treatment,  to  make  the  P.  P.  stationary — placing  it  suc- 
cessively at  the  feet,  the  coccyx  and  the  hands — and  to  manip- 
ulate above  it  with  the  N.  P.  But  the  better  way  is  as 
directed  above.  The  object  is  to  reinforce  the  main  nerve- 
lines  and  centers  with  electricity  from  without.  The  nerves 
branch  off  from  their  centers — the  brain,  the  spinal  cord,  the 
ganglions,  and  the  great  plexuses — and  run,  in  general,  down- 
ward and  outward  from  the  trunk  lines,  in  a  manner  somewhat 
analogous  to  the  branches  and  twigs  of  an  inverted  little  tree. 
If  we  place  before  us  such  a  shrub,  with  the  root  upward  and 
the  branches  pi)inting  downwards,  and  then  draw  lines  from 
the  lowest  point  of  tlic  lowest  twig  to  the  outer  ends  of  all  the 
branches  surrounding  the  main  trunk,  we  shall  see  that  our 
lines,  instead  of  running  in  the  general  directions  of  the  limbs 
will,  for  the  most  part,  run  across  the  twigs.  But  if  we  draw 
our  lines  from  the  outer  extremities  of  the  branches  and  twigs 
up  to  the  root  or  near  to  the  source  of  the  trunk,  we  will  find 
the  lines,  in  the  main,  running  nearly  parallel  with  the  branches. 
Now,  let  us  substitute  for  this  inverted  tree  the  nervous  sys- 
tem of  a  man,  anr'  -omember  that  the  electric  current  moves 
from  the  positive  t.,  the  negative  pole  as  nearly  in  straight 
lines  as  it  can  where  there  are  good  conductors,  such  as  the 
nerves  and  muscles,  an  1  it  will  at  once  appear  that  in  treating 


'm^ 


--=:'^>J 


78 


BLEOTRICAL   MEDIOATIOW. 


m 


the  lower  limbs,  If  we  place  our  N.  P.  at  the  coccyx,  and  <-,hen 
manipulate  with  P.  P.  over  the  feet  and  legs,  our  electric  lines 
are  riinningfrom  all  the  surface  extremities  of  the  nerve  rami- 
ficjitions,  wherever  the  P.  P.  is  moving,  directly  into  and  along 
these  fine  ramitications,  and,  tlirough  the  larger  nerve-branches, 
up  to  the  stationary  K.  P.  Or,  if  we  treat  the  trunk  of  the 
body  by  placing  the  IS^.  P.  on  the  spine,  near  its  upper  end, 
and  then  manipulate  with  P.  P.  from  the  iower  part  upward 
over  the  back,  sides,  abdomen  and  chest,  our  current  strikes 
into  the  surface  extremities  of  the  nerves  at  every  point  where 
the  electrode  touches,  and  makes  its  way  upwards,  along  the 
nerve-lines,  to  the  great  spinal  cord  under  the  K.  P. — thus  re- 
plenishing with  fresh  electricity  all  the  ganglions,  plexuses  and 
nerve-trunks  along  the  way.  But  if  P.  P.  be  made  stationary 
at  the  lower  end  of  the  section  under  treatment,  and  we  manip- 
ulate over  the  parts  with  the  N^.  P.,  the  current  strikes  from 
P.  P.,  across  the  nerve  branches  and  conies  out  at  their  surface 
extremities  wherever  the  negative  electrode  moves — so  reaching 
but  indirectly  and  imperfectly  the  trunk  lines  and  their  centers. 

COMMON   COLDS. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  B  D  Faradaic  current — 
moderate  strength.  If  the  affection  be  mainly  in  the  head, 
give  as  follows: 

First.  A  face  hath.  Let  an  earthern  wash  basin,  nearly 
filed  with  tepid  water,  be  placed  on  a  table  or  chair  before  the 
patient,  he  holding  the  sponge-roll  N.  P.  in  his  hands.  'No-'^ 
let  him  bury  his  face  in  the  water  as  long  as  he  can  hold  his 
breath.  At  the  instant  after  his  face  is  in  the  water,  drop  into 
til 3  water  the  tin  electrode  P.  P.  Repeat  this  process  ao  often 
i^  he  recovers  his  breath,  some  eight,  ton,  or  a  dozen  times. 

Second.  Place  the  sponge-roll  N.  P.  in  the  hands  as 
before,  and,  making  an  electrode  P.  P.  of  yotir  own  hand,  in  the 
manner  directed  for  diagnosis,  clasp  tlie  nose  of  the  patient 


'If,' 


ELECrKICAL    MEDICATION. 


79 


coccyx,  and  ihen 
our  electric  lines 
f  the  nerve  rami- 
y  into  and  along 
p  nerve-branches, 
the  tninh  of  the 
ar  its  upper  end, 
iwer  part  upward 
p  current  strikes 
very  point  where 
►wards,  along  the 
ISr.  P.— thus  re- 
ons,  plexuses  and 
made  stationary 
t,  and  we  manip- 
■ent  strikes  from 
t  at  their  surface 
ves — so  reaching 
ind  their  centers. 


radaic  current — 
ily  in  the  head, 

sh  basin,  nearly 
chair  before  the 
is  hands.  JS"©^- 
he  can  hold  his 
water,  drop  into 
process  ao  often 
dozen  times.  • 
I  the  hands  as 
wn  hand,  in  the 
>  of  the  patient  1 


between  your  thumb  and  finger,  moving  them  up  and  down 
along  the  sides  of  the  nose,  and  on  the  nose  between  the  eyes, 
about  five  minutes. 

Hepeat  the  above  forms  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

If  there  be  hoarseness  or  cough,  or  stricture  of  lungs,  or 
soreness  of  chest,  place  N.  P.,  with  loruj  cord,  upon  back  of 
neck,  and  -treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  front  part  of  neck  and 
breast,  and  wherever  upon  the  thorax  stricture  or  soreness 
appears. 

If  therp  oQ  a  feverish  condition  of  the  system,  attended, 
perhaps,  with  pain  in  the  head,  place  P.  P.  on  the  spine,  a  lit- 
tle below  the  cranium,  and  treat  with  N.  P.  long  cord.,  all  the 
way  down  the  spine,  and  over  the  entire  back,  sides,  chorax 
and  abdomen.  In  this  case  let  the  current  be  rather  mild, 
and  be  continued  for  a  considerable  length  of  time,  with  the 
view  of  bringing  out  perspiration.  It  is  desirable  that  the  pa- 
tient should  receive  treatment  in  bed,  perfectly  nrotected  from 
any  a>ol  air  that  might  restrain  or  check  perspiration.  In  these 
c.ses,  I  not  unfrequently  treat  with  a  light  B  D  current  a  full 
hour,  unless  perspiration  start  freely  in  ehorter  time,  working 
over  the  trunk  and  limbs  generally.  But,  wliile  treating  over 
the  lower  limbs,  the  P.  P.  should  be  upon  the  lumbar 
plexus,  at  the  «  small  of  the  back."  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day 
until  relief  appears. 

After  the  stricture  and  soreness  of  the  lungs  are  removed, 
and  the  general  iebrile  action  is  suppressed,  it  is  desirable  to 
g\\i.  B.  general  tonic  treatment. 

Medical  Treattnent: —         , 

]^ . — Carbonate  ammonia 3jj. 

Syrups,  tolu ^. 

Syrups,  prunus  virginiana |jj. 

/,;,     Whiskey |iv.  ra. 


;|W^^W^^B'l 


1.  ■liillilMiMPIIIIp 


mmm 


W- « 


80  ELKCTRICAL   MEDIOATIOK.  pJ, 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  to  one  tablespoonful  every  threo  or 
four  hours. 

Inhale  the  vapor  of  vinegar  alternately  every  two  or  three 
hourg  with  the  cough  mixture. 

1^. — Ammonia  murias 3JS8.  - 

Antimony  et  potassa  tart grs.  j.  '    ^ 

Morphia  sulphas grs.  jss. 

Syrup,  tolu Ijj. 

Syrup,  zingiber Ijj-  ^' 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  two  liours.  , 

^. — Tinct.  aconite  rad gtt.  xxx. 

Aqua 3Jv-  «^- 

Sig. — Teaspoonful  every  hour  or  two,  as  iindioated. 

Homceopathio  Treatment. — Common  colds  with  fever,  Acon- 
ite; in  the  chest,  Bryonia;  in  the  head,  Hepur  sul.  and  nux 
vomica;   discharges  from  the  eyes,  Arsenicum.* 

Cephalgia.     {Headache.) 

Symptomatology. — This  is  very  often  a  symptom  of  some 
other  a^ection.  Yet  we  often  meet  with  cases  where  headache 
is  the  only  perceptible  ailment.  Headache  may  be  caused  by 
congestion  of  the  brain  and  its  membranes.  Organic  disease 
of  the  brain  by  indulgence  in  alcoholic  liquors,  by  a  disor- 
dered condition  of  the  stomach  and  bowels,  imperfect  menstru- 
ation, mental  worry  and  excitement.  It  is  also  a  symptom  of 
fevers,  and  nearly  all  other  acute  diseases. 

Electrical  Treatment. — 1.  Ne^-votu  headache.  Take  the 
B  D  current — moderate  force.  Place  P.  P.  on  back  of  neck,  just 
below  the  brain,  and  manipulate  with  side-sponge  cup,  N.  P.> 
all  the  way  down  the  spine  and  over  the  back. 

*  Homoeopathic  treatment  given  in  this"  vaxk,  w«3  kindly  furnished  by 
Halsey  Bros.,  Chicago.  .    , 


KLECl'KICAL    MEDICATION. 


'«!' 


every  threo  or 
J  two  or  three 

.   3jss. 

•  ijj- 

.    gtt.  XXX. 

•  SJv.  m. 

oated. 

ith  fever,  Acon- 
r  sul.  and  nux 


aptom  of  Borae 
svhere  headache 
J  be  caused  by 
Drganic  disease 
rs,  by  a  disor- 
erfect  menstni- 
j  a  symptom  of 

7he.  Take  the 
ick  of  neck,  just 
nge  cup,  .N.  P.y 

Indly  furnished  by 


It  may  often  bo  necessary  to  apply  the  P.  P.  di  recti j  to  the 
suffering  part  of  the  head.  In  that  case,  take  the  soft  Faradaic 
current  B  C.  K  the  fluid  in  the  battery  cell  be  fresh,  use  very 
little — just  enough  to  reach  well  the  platina  plate  and  make 
the  machine  run.  Wet  the  hair  thoroughly  to  the  scalp, 
where  the  electrode  is  to  be  applied.  Seat  the  patient  on 
N.  P.,  or  let  him  hold  it  in  both  his  hands,  (the  former  is 
the  better  way),  and  treat  lightly  over  the  affected  parts  of  the 
head  with  P.  P.  Treat  five  to  ten  minutes,  as  may  be  required, 
and  if  the  pain  returns,  repeat  the  treatment.  Only  a  very  light 
current  can  be  safely  applied  directly  to  the  brain,  and  that  an 
inditced  Faradaic  current. 

2.  Sick  Headache.  The  procuring  cause  of  this  distressing 
disease  is  involved  in  considerable  mystery.  It  seems,  how- 
ever, to  be  largely  dependent  on  the  secretion  and  discharge 
into  the  duodenum  of  an  improper  quantity  of  bile,  and  an 
irregularity  in  the  peristaltic  action  of  the  upper  part  of  the 
bowels,  particularly  of  the  duodenum,  in  which  that  action 
more  or  less  is  reversed,  and  thereby  throws  the  biliary  fluid 
up,  through  tb.e  pilorus,  into  the  stomach.  After  a  time,  tlie 
stomach  becomes  nauseated  by  its  accumulation ;  and  the  head, 
through  nervous  sympathy,  is  rendei-ed  electrically  positive  in 
and  <;Iia8  is  made  to  ache.  Yet  there  are  certain  char- 
acteristics of  the  disease  whicli  this  view  does  not  satisfactorilv 
ex])lain,  and  which  must  remain  unexplained  until  advancing 
science  shall  reveal  to  us  more  perfect  light. 

Whtm  this  disease  has  become  habitual  and  periodic,  it  is 
vory  obstinate,  and  requires  persistent  treatment — oiten  for 
several  months. 

Take  the  B  D  current  with  moderate  force.  Place  the  1^'. 
P.  on  the  spine,  immediately  above  the  kidneys,  and  treat  with 
P.  P.  over  the  stomach  and  the  duodenum;,  (lying  transverse- 
ly just  below  the  stomach),  five  to  ten  minutes.,  Treat  in  liiis 
manner  atkout  twice  a  week. 


S9  ELECTKICAL    MEDICATION.  -^'     '  \     ' 

It  may  sometin  es  be  iiucessary  to  treat  the  head  direc'Jy. 
It'ao,  after  the  treatment  above  prescribed,  add  that  prescribed 
for  the  head  directly,  in  nervous  headache,  with  this  differ- 
ence, viz:  instead  of  seating  the  patient  on  the  N.  P.,  or  plac- 
ing the  same  in  his  hands,  pass  it  over  tlie  stomach  and  duo- 
denum, unless  the  former  may  be  already  too  positive.  In 
that  case,  let  the  N.  P.  be  at  the  seat.  " 

If  there  is  congestion  of  the  brain  or  spir",  use  B.  D.  cur- 
rent. Apply  P.  P.  tongue  instrument  t;0  the  tongue  N.  P. 
over  the  neck,  spine,  chest,  and  body  generally,  ten  to  twenty 
minutes. 

Medical  Treatment: —  ,  ■ 

« 
}>. — Sulphate  soda 3j« 

Aqua  pura ^'v.  m. 

Si^^. — Ona  teaspoonful  after  meals. 

^ . — Nitrite  amyl gtt.  xxv. 

Alcohol ^j. 

Aqua  pura 5jj. 

Bromide  potassa grs.  160.  m. 

Sig. — Thirty  to  sixty  drops  in  water  every  three  to  four 
liours. 

Should  a  cathartic  be  required :    '    -^ ' 

^. — Comp.  syrup  rhei |]v. 

Sig. — One  tablespoonful  as  indicated, 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Nervous,  Belladonna;  neural- 
gic, Aconite  and  bryonia;   sick,  Nux  vomica. 

■..,_:"  ,-;;.«.  deafness. 

Symptomatology. — Deafness  may  be  caused  by  disease  of 
the  organs  of  bearing  and  their  appendages  by  catarrh,  and  it 
IP  often  seen  in  the  low  forms  of  tever,  such  as  typhoid.     In 


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KLECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


83 


I  head  direc'Jy. 
that  prescribed 
ith  this  differ- 
N.  P.,  or  plac- 
rniach  and  duo- 
)  positive.     In 

use  B.  D.  cur- 
!  tongue  N.  P. 
',  ten  to  twenty 


.   3J. 


.     gtt.  XXV. 

.  grs.  160.  m. 
y  tliree  to  four 


donna  J   noural- 


i  by  disease  of 
f  catarrh,  and  it 
m  typhoid.     In 


this  latter  case  the  hearing  returns  to  the  patient  as  soon  as 
convalescence  is  well  established — if  at  .11. 

The  prognosis  is  very  uncertain.  This  i  ifirmity  is  often 
cured  by  our  system,  e  'en  wh»ji;  of  long  standing;  and  often, 
again,  the  treatment  fails.  The  uncftaint)'  arises  from  the 
difficulty  in  determining  the  exact  patlu  logical  condition. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  A  D  current,  mild  force. 
Introduce  the  ear  electrode  as  the  N.  P.  wiieu  the  disease  is  of 
long  standing,  or  as  the  P.  P.  when  it  is  of  recent  origin.  Ap- 
ply the  opposite  pole  to  the  back  of  the  neck.  Treat  five  to  eight 
minutes,  once  a  day  for  three  or  four  days,  and  afterwards  three 
times  a  week.  If  no  success  appears  within  three  weeks,  it  will 
probably  be  vain  to  expect  it  afterwards.  To  the  tongue  apply 
P.  P.  tongue  instrument,  N.  P.  ear  electrode  to  the  ears  alter- 
nately five  minutes  each.  If  the  tonsils  are  enlarged,  apply  N. 
P.  over  the  tonsils.  Use  the  current  reversor  constantly  while 
applying  to  the  tonsils,  which  will  bring  the  tonsils  under  the 
influence  of  each  pole  alternately,  one-half  of  the  time  produc- 
ing a  greater  chemical  or  alterative  effect.  Treat  each  tonsil 
five  to  ten  minutes,  then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  neck,  (back  and 
front),  five  to  ten  minutes.  If  there  is  inflainiiiiitiou  of  tbe 
tonsils,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N".  P.  long  cord  over  the 
tonsils  five  to  ten  minutes,  using  B  D  current.  If  there  is  in- 
flammation of  the  nasal  organs,  eyes,  ears  or  brain,  apply  P.  P. 
to  the  inflamed  parts.  K.  P.  long  cord  to  any  convenient  part 
a  few  moments,  using  mild  force  while  treating  the  most  sen- 
sitive parts.    JS'oises  in  the  head  treat  the  same  as  for  deafness. 

Medical  Treatment: —  '  •* 

ft. — Sweet  oil  of  aln    nds gtt.  xx. 

Balsam  copaiba gtt.  x. 

Tinct.  opii gtt.  v.  m. 

Let  a  drop  or  two  fall  into  the  ear  night  and  morning. 

ft. — Sulphuric  ether 3j. 


'X'-^-.-^-.v, 


Si 


ELEClRIOAL   MEDICATION. 


■  Place  one  drop  in  the  ear  every  night.  It  id  ay  be  intro- 
duced on  cotton. 

3. — ^Tinct.  lobelia 3j. 

Tinct.  opii 3j'  m.         '    : 

If  there  is  considerable  pain  in  the  ear,  two  to  three  drops 
on  cotton  introduced  into  the  ear  every  s'x  to  twelve  hours, 
will  give  temporary  relief. 

Honi'^xopathio  Treatment. — If  from  cold,  Pulsatilla;  catarrh- 
al, Mercurius;  buzzing  or  whistling  noises,  Nux  vomica;  sen- 
sations o*^"  obstructions,  throbbing,  dryness  of  the  ear  or  dis- 
charges, Calcartsa  carbon'  'a;  nervous,  Phosphorus,  etc. 

INFLAMED   EVES. 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  the  disease  oe  recent  and  acute, 
but  not  infectious,  as  from  sewing  or  reading  by  lamp  light  or 
other  irritation,  take  the  B  D  cui-rent,  of  moderate  force. 
Treat  ,..ai  the  eye-bath,  filled  with  tepid  water,  having  the 
eye  open  in  the  water.  Make  the  bath  the  P.  P.,  and  place 
the  N.  P.  on  the  spine  at  the  upper  dorsal  vertebrae.  Treat 
each  eye  three  minutes  daily. 

If  the  disease  be  acute  and  infectious,  use  the  A  0  current 
some  four  to  six  times,  and  then  change  to  A  D.  Apply  the 
current  as  directed  above. 

,  If  the  disease  be  chronic,  or  the  lids  granulated,  treat  with 
A  D,  very  mild  current,  applying  the  eye-bath,  N.  P.,  to  the 
eyes,  and  place  the  P.  P.  upon  the  spine,  at  the  top  of  the 
back,     Treat  each  eye  three  to  five  minutes  three  times  i.  week. 

In  Ciises  of  simple  inflf,mmation  (not  infectious),  and  that 
chiefly  or  entirely  in  the  lids,  it  is  often  quite  as  well  or  better 
to  treat  over  the  closed  lids  with  the  finger,  holding  the 
sponge-roll  1*.  P.  in  the  same  hand,  or  treat  as  follow^).  Use 
B  D  current.  Apply  the  index  finger  of  the  right  hand,  hold- 
ing the  sponge  connected  with  the  P.  P.,  to  the  eye,  the  fore 
finger  of  the  left  hand  to  the  neck  and  ears  transversely  to  the 


It  roay  bf  intro- 

...  ij. 
...  3j*  m. 

two  to  three  drops 
'"y  to  twelve  hours, 

Pulsatilla;  catarrh- 
,  Nux  vomica;  sen- 
i  of  the  ear  or  dis- 
iphorus,  etc. 


)e  recent  and  acute, 
ig  by  lamp  light  or 

of  moderate  force. 

water,  having  the 
he  P.  P.,  and  place 
al  vertebrsB.     Treat 

se  the  A  0  current 
A  D.     Apply  the 

mulated,  treat  with 
-bath,  N.  P.,  to  the 
,  at  the  top  of  the 
three  times  a  week, 
ifectious),  and  that 
ite  as  well  or  better 
inger,  holding  the 
at  as  follow^.  Use 
16  right  hand,  hold- 
;o  the  eye,  the  fore 
transversely  to  the 


KLEUTBICAL   MKDICATION.  CD 

finger  on  the  eye.  Manipulate  in  this  manner  from  ten  to  fif- 
teen minutes.  Should  there  be  extensive  inflammation  of  the 
eyes,  face,  etc.,  previous  to  giving  the  above  treatment, 
apply  N.  P.  long  cord  of  the  B  D  current  to  the  feet,  and  P.  P. 
over  the  spine,  chest  and  each  side  of  the  neck,  between  the 
clamole  and  scapula,  twenty  to  forty  minutes,  to  force  the  cir- 
culatory forces  to  the  extremities.  Also  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
head,  after  moistening  the  hair,  three  to  five  minutes;  mild 
force.  Use  the  following  medicines,  in  connection  with  the 
treatment,  if  desired,  although  this  is  seldom  necessary. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

9. — Zinci  sulphas grs.  jv. 

Aqua  roses |j>  m. 

Apply  to  inflamed  or  acute  sore  eyes  twice  a  day. 

3. — ^Tinct.  arnica 3j. 

Aqua  pnra |j. 

V     .  Tinct.  opii gtt.  z.  m. 

Apply  to  the  eyes  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

If  granulated,    %    ';   I 

]$. — ^Argeuti  nitras,  four  to  fifteen  grains  to  the  ounce  of 
water,  '':*.-'. '-vV:   -  ■;:r--      :■-■■■'"■.::     .  '-  " 

The  strength  of  the  wash  to  be  varied  according  to  the  ur- 
gency of  the  symptoms.  Apply  with  a  camel-hair  pencil  on 
the  upturned  lids,  about  three  times  a  week.  Never  apply 
while  irritation  exists  by  a  previous  application. 

HomoBopathio  Treatment. — Excessive  sensibility  to  light, 
burning  tears  and  violent  headache.  Belladonna;  ophthalmia 
acute,  Aconite — a  dose  every  two  or  three  hours — or  Mer- 
curius,  if  there  is  agglutination  in  the  morning;  chronic, 
Calcarea  carbonica,  a  dose  twice  a  day.  Consult  the  Stepping 
Stone  of  Homcaopathy,  by  Euddock,  for  full  treatment. 


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XtSOTRICAL   MKDICATUW. 


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Amaubo8I8.     {^ParalysiH  of' the  optic  netve.'^ 

Symptomatology. — The  eympfdins  are  imperfect  vision, 
flr.shes  of  light  aiid  dark  spota  appearing  before  the  eyes,  pain 
ill  the  eye,  and  in  some  eases  dilatation  of  the  pupil. 

Electrical  Treatrv^nt. — Vm  B  D  cnrrent,  moderate  force, 
tliree  or  four  times,  and  then  cha  ge  to  0  D.  Apply  the 
eye-bath,  N.  P.,  to  the  eye.,  and  eponge-cup  F.  P.  upon  one  of 
tlie  upper  dorsal  vertebriB.  Treat  three  to  five  ininiites  on 
each  eye  three  times  e  week. 

First  give  the  electrical  tixatment,  then  the  following: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — ^Ext.  solid  aconite  pulv ^,  / 1^ » .  ^f^i  M. 

Aconitino grs.  jjj. 

Axungia |)>  ni> 

Take  about  hah"  a  drachm  c-f  this  ointment  and  apply  on  the 
forehead  just  over  the  eyea,  rubbing  it  in  well  with  the  hand; 
repeating  from  one  to  three  times  a  day  according  to  circum- 
stances. Then  take  equal  parts  of  bisulphuret  carbon  and 
hydrocyanic  acid  and  mix.  Fill  an  ounce  bottle  about  half 
•uU  of  this  mixture;  shake  it  up;  remove  the  cork  and  place 
tie  open  mouth  close  to  the  open  eye  looking  into  the  vial, 
that  the  eye  may  receive  the  evaporation.  Hold  it  thus  to 
the  eye  about  one  minute.  Uepeat  three  times  a  day.  Keep 
the  liver  and  bowels  regxflar  by  means  oi  proper  remedies; 
calomel,  podophyllin  and  leptandrin. 

Homceopathio  Treatment. — ^Zinc.  met.,  Nux  vomica,  Chin., 
Bell.,  Hyos. 

^  J.  Stbabismus.     (Discordance  of  the  eyes.) 

If  neither  of  the  rectus  muscles  have  been  cut  and  cica- 
trized, and  if  the  deformity  be  not  congenital,  it  may  ordin- 
arily be  cured. 


»  • 


ELKCTRIOAL    MKDIOATIOW. 


imperfect  vision, 
ore  the  eyes,  pain 
le  pupil. 

,  moderate  force, 
J  D.     Apply  tlie 
P.  upon  one  of 
J  five  ininutea  on 

le  following: 

. . .  gre.  XX* 

■••  gr>ijil 
...   3j.  m. 

and  aj>ply  on  the 
11  with  the  hand; 
!ording  to  circum- 
huret  carbon  and 
bottle  about  half 
»e  cork  and  place 
ing  iiito  the  vial, 

Hold  it  thus  to 
nes  a  day.  Keep 
proper  remedies; 

ax  vomica,  Chin., 

eyes.) 

en  cut  and  cica- 
tal,  it  may  ordin- 


ElectHcal  Treatment. — Take  B  D  current,  with  sinall  point- 
ed electrodes.  If  the  eye  be  turned  inintrd,  insert  P.  P.  in 
the  outer  angle  of  the  eye,  so  as  to  bear  upon  the  rectus  ex- 
tenius,  and  N.  P.  in  the  inuer  angle,  so  as  to  bear  on  tho 
rectus  intemus.  Let  the  current  be  of  such  force  as  the  patient 
can  bear.  Withdraw  the  electrodes  frequently,  to  rest  the  eye, 
and  then  f^apply  them.  Apply  the  current  in  this  manner  six 
to  ten-  or  twelve  times  at  a  sitting.  The  eye  will  soon  become 
inflamed,  but  the  inflammation  will  quickly  go  down.  Treat 
daily,  or  on  alternate  days,  as  the  eye  can  bear.  After  treat- 
ing some  ten  or  twelve  times,  if  the  organ  does  not  come  into 
place  let  it  rest  a  week,  and  the  resume  the  treatment  as  be- 
fore. ■'  '. 

If  the  eye  "be  turned  outward,  treat  in  the  same  manner  aB 
directed  above,  except  that  in  this  case,  the  P.  P.  must  be  in- 
serted in  the  inner  and  the  N.  P.  in  the  mitei'  angle. 

If  periodic  squint,  it  probably  arises  from  gastric  derange- 
ment. Dentition,  or  ascarides  neutralizing-cordial,  and  some 
of  the  preparations  of  santonine  may  be  administered. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Gelseminum  and  Belladonna. 

Cataerh.     {Chronic.) 

Symptomatology. — Chronic  catarrh  is  an  effection  of  the 
nasal  cavities,  pharynx  and  eustachian  tubes  causing  deafness. 
The  discharges  are  oftentimes  of  a  foetid  character  and  pro- 
fuse in  qu«itity. 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  in  the  head,  fi;  ^t  give  face-hath, 
as  in  common  colds,  except  with  rev.'f'sed  poles  and  changing 
to  the  A  D  current,  very  mild  force.  If  in  the  throat  or 
bronchial  tubes,  place  the  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  current,  with  /o/jy 
cord,  on  the  back  of  the  neck  or  in  the  mouth,  and  treat  with 
N.  P.,  soft  current,  upon  the  affected  parts,  eight  or  ten  min- 
utes. Also,  attach  N.  P.  of  the  A  B  or  A  D  current  to  the 
tongue  instrument.     Apply  to  the  to7iguo.     Then  apply  P.  P. 


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m:i-^ 


88  ELEOTRIOAL    MEDICATION. 

ear  electrode  to  each  ir  alter'iately,  tln-ee  to  five  minutes. 
Thon  apply  N.  P.  wiii.  ..  Biiiall  sponge  attached  to  a  copper 
wire  in  the  right  nostril,  P.  P.  ear  electrode  to  tlie  right  oar 
three  to  five  minutes.  Ohange  and  treat  the  letl  nostril  and 
ear  three  to  five  niinutos.  Use  the  current  revcrser  constantly 
while  treating  the  ears  and  nose,  so  as  to  produce  a  greater 
chemical  and  alterative  effect  on  the  mucous  membrane  of  tho 
eustachian  tube;  ttien  change.  Apply  N.  P.  to  tho  tongue, 
P.  P.  below  the  ear  over  the  submaxillary  gland,  using  the 
current  reverser  as  above.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of 
neck  about  five  minutes.  Then  take  P.  P.  in  the  right  hand 
and  apply  with  the  thumb  and  fore  finger  of  the  same  to  the 
nose  aid  inner  corners  of  the  eyes  five  minutes.  Alternate 
the  treatment  with  B  D  current  every  otlier  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Sulphate  aluminum grs.  xx. 

Aqua  rosse lij*  ni. 

Pour  a  little  in  the  hand,  and  snuiF  it  up  the  nose  once'  or 
twice  a  day  for  a  few  days,  then  occasionally,  until  relief  is 
obtained. 

3. — Permanganate  potassa ^ss. 

Aqua  pura , ^vjjj.  m. 

Use  as  above,  or  dilute  one-half  in  pure  rain  water  (tepid), 
and  use  a  nasal  douche  two  or  three  times  a  week.  Use  No. 
3  for  ozena.  >  . 

3. — White  precipitate  finely  pulv grs.  8. 

Sugar,  white,  in  very  fine  powder ....  grs.  460. 

Mix  thoroughly.  Clear  the  nose  by  blowing  it  strongly. 
A  small  pinch  of  the  powder  may  be  snuffed  up  the  nose  once 
or  twice  a  day,  two  or  three  times  a  vreek. 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Arsenicum  iod,,  MercuriuB. 


SLEOTKIQAL    MEOIOATIOK. 


89 


to  five  minutes, 
clieil  to  (I  copper 
to  the  right  ear 
e  left  nostril  and 
iverser  constantly 
produce  a  greater 
membrane  of  tlio 
*.  to  the  tongue, 
gland,  using  the 
P.  to  the  back  of 
n  the  right  hand 

the  same  to  the 
utea.    Alternate 


grs,  XX. 

!jj.  m. 
;he  nose  once*  or 
r,  until  relief  is 

•  Svjjj.  m. 

in  water  (tepid), 
week.     Use  No. 

.  grs.  8. 
.   grs.  460.   ; 

ng  it  strongly, 
p  the  nose  once 

Mercurius. 


Oatabru.     (Aoute.) 

Symptomatology. — Acute  catarrh  is  an  acute  inflammation 
of  the  lining  membrane  of  the  nasal  passages.  What  is  com- 
monly called  a  cold  in  the  head  is  the  most  common  form  of 
this  affection. 

EUotrical  Treatment. — If  in  the  head,  treat  as  prescribed 
for  common  colds  in  the  head.  If  in  the  throat,  place  N.  P. 
somewhere  on  the  dorsal  vertebra?,  and  treat  with  P.  P. 
tongue  instrument  in  the  mouth  about  five  to  ten  minutes, 
and  then  with  end-sponge  cup  externally  upon  the  affected 
parts  as  much  longer.  Use  B  D  current,  in  good  medium 
strength,  twice  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

9. — Aurum  triphyllum,  Indian  turnip, . . .  3j. 
Syrup,  ginger ^jj  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

3, — Tinct.  gelsemini 3j. 

Aqua  pura « |jj.  m, 

Sig. — One  to  two  teaspoonfuls  three  to  six  times  a  day. 

9. — Syrup,  ipecac 5jj« 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  every  two  or  three  hours. 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Hepar  sulphur,  Aconite,  v'^am- 
phor,  Nux  vomica,  Pulsatilla. 

Sympto'inatology. — Qenerally  commences  by  chills,  followed 
by  feverish  symptoms,  headache,  soreness  of  the  throat,  difficulty 
of  swallowing,  with  a  feeling  of  great  depression.  Sometimes  the 
tbfi  f-piveifis  absent,  even  when  the  throat  lesions  are  great.  The 
breathing  is  difficult.  Upon  examination  of  the  throat  the  tonsils 
and  othc/  parts  will  be  found  swoolen  and  covered  with  a  pecul- 


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iar  whitish  gray  deposit,  whicli  is  highly  cliaracteristic  of  the 
disease;  in  some  cases  the  tonsils  prei^ent  a  hollow  ulcpr  of  a 
l)urplish  color,  the  disease  gradually  extends  to  tlie  air  passages; 
the  pulse  is  generally  slow  and  easily  compressible.  There  is 
in  many  cases  diarrhoea  of  an  offensive  character.  The  ni«;m. 
brane  on  the  tonsils  reappears  after  removal  several  times  in 
succession,  if  of  a  malignant  character,  under  medical  treat- 
ment. 

Eleotrical  Treatment. — Use  the  A  D  current,  strong  force. 
Place  the  N.  P.,  long  cord,  upon  the  lower  cervical  vertebrae, 
and  then  treat,  firat,  with  the  tongue  instrument,  P.  P.,  in  the 
moutli.  as  far  back  on  the  tongue  as  can  be  borne,  ten  to 
twenty  minutes.  Wext,  manipulate  with  sponge-cup,  P.  P.,  or 
the  tin  electrode  filled  with  sponge,  over  all  the  fi-ont  parts  of 
the  neck  and  throat,  down  to  the  chest,  five  to  fifteen  minutes. 

In  conclusion  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  sub- 
maxillary  glands,  thorax  and  neck,  generally  five  to  ten  min- 
utes. The  following  treatment  may  also  be  given  once  or 
twice  a  day.  Apply  N.  P.  long  cord  to  the  tongue,  P.  P. 
over  the  sub-maxillary  glands,  thorax  and  neck,  generally  five 
to  ten  minutes. 

Treat  as  often  as  once  in  two  or  three  hours. 

Medical  Treatment. — Gargle  the  throat  every  one  to  four 
hours  with  the  following: 


]^. — Hydrastis  canadensis  pulvis. 

Piper  nigrum  pulvis 

Chloride  sodium 

Sodae  boras 


aa  2|j. 


Aqua  pura , 

Vmegar j         ^ 

-Cayenne   pepper 3j. 

Chloride   sodium 3j. 

Cider  vinegar ^'v.  m. 


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icteristic  of  the 
How  ulerr  of  a 
le  air  passages; 
ibie.     There  is 
er.     The  inein- 
veral  times  in 
medicjil  treat- 
it,  strong  force, 
•vical  vertebrae, 
it,  P.  P.,  in  the 
borne,  ten  to 
e-cup,  P.  P.,  or 
5  fj-ont  parts  of 
Sfteen  minutes. 
i*.  over  the  sub- 
ve  to  ten  min- 
given  once   or 
tongne,  P.  P. 
:,  generally  five 


iry  one  to  four 


■3j. 


3j.      • 
3j- 
Ijv.  m. 


KLEOTRICAL    MKDICATION.  91 

Gargle  the  throat  every  hour  or  two,  using  the  liniment  as 
directed  below. 

Apply  the  following  liniment  to  the  neck  freely,  wearing  a 
flannel  clo^h  around  the  same. 

]^. — Aqua  ammonia \ 

Tinct.  myrrh  et  cjipsic \  SA  |j. 

Tinct.  opii ) 

Oil  sassafras ^ss,  m. 

5. — Muriate  tinct.  ferri ^. 

Quinine grs.x  to  xx.m. 

Sig. — Five  to  ten  drops,  largely  diluted  with  water,  every 
two  hours. 

HorruBopathio  Treatment. — Kali  bichrom,  Mere,  iod.,  Gel- 
sem.,  Arsenicum,  Iod. 

Apuonia.     {Loss  of  voice.) 

Symptomatology. — This  disease  may  be  caused  by  organic 
lesion  of  the  vocal  organs,  such  as  ulceration;  or  it  may  be  a 
purely  nervous  affection,  or  it  may  be  produced  by  sudden  and 
sevoi'o  cold,  especially  if  the  vocal  organs  have  been  overtaxed 
by  singing,  etc. 

This  affection  requires  treatment  variously,  as  it  depends  on 
one  or  another  procuring  cause. 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  it  be  the  result  of  recent  "  cold," 
inducing  acute  catarrhal  irritation  in  the  larynx,  treat  first  as 
for  common  cold^  and  close  the  sitting  as  follows  :  Place  N. 
P.,  lon^  cord,  of  A  D  current,  in  good  medium  force,  upon 
back  of  neck  or  in  the  mouth,  and  treat  three  to  five  minutes, 
twice  a  day,  with  P.  P.  over  the  front  parts  of  the  neck,  most- 
ly over  the  larynx — Adam's  apple. 

If  it  be  from  paralysis  of  the  larynx,  treat  with  B  D  cur- 
rent, rather  strong  force;  placing  P.  P.,  long  cord,  on  back  of 


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92  KLEOTBIOAL    MEDICATION. 

neck  or  in  the  mouth,  and  work  with  N.  P.  over  the  laryna, 
and  somewhat  over  the  air  tube  of  the  neck  generally.  Treat 
five  to  ten  minutes  daily., 

Medical  Treatment: — 

9. — Tinct.  nux  vomica §S8. 

Sig. — Two  to  three  drops  three  times  a  day. 

9. — Valerianate  zinc grs.  xx. 

Extract  taraxicum qs.  m., 

Fiat  pilulsB,  No.  40. 

Sig. — One  or  two  every  three  hours. 

9. — Phosphate  iron grs.  xxv. 

Extract  senna 3jj.  m. 

Fiat  pilulse,  No.  25. 

Sig. — One  to  three  every  four  hours. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Oausticum,  if  recent;  Kali  bich., 
Phos.  and  Merc,  if  chronic. 

Croup — spasmodic.     {Cyananche  Laryngeal 

Symptomatology. — Spasmodic  croup  may  be  known  by  the 
sudden  attack,  generally  during  the  night  when  the  child  has 
been  apparently  well  during  the  day,  and  its  almost  total  disap- 
pearance on  administering  electricity  and  some  active  anti- 
spasmodic.    Treat  as  in  Diphtheria. 

Medical  Treatment. — 

5- — ^Tinct.  belladonna 3j. 

Sig. — One  to  three  drops  every  one  to  four  hours. 

Bl. — Tinct.  cannabis  indica 3j. 

Sii^. — One  to  three  drops  on  sugar  every  one  to  four  hours, 
alternately  with  No.  1. 

5. — Syr.  sanguinariae  acetatis  comp ^j* 


i 


t\- 


SSS^^SSSSB 


ver  the  larynm, 
iierally.     Treat 


!88. 


grs.  XX. 
qs.  m., 


grs.  XXV. 
3jj.  m. 


snt;  Kali  bich., 

ingea) 

I  known  by  the 

the  cliild  has 

tost  total  disap. 

le  active  anti- 


3j. 
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ELECrBIOAL   MEDKATION.  93 

Sig. — ^Ten  to  30  drops  every  half-hour,  hour,  two  or  three 
hours. 

3. — Syrup  ipecac Sj. 

Sig. — Ten  to  sixty  drops,  as  indicated. 

9. — Spirits  ammonia c |j. 

Oil  amber  (rect.) |j.  m. 

Apply  with  the  hand  to  the  nerve  centers  along  the  back, 
particularly  between  the  shoulders,  night  and  morning. 

9. — C  xl  stillingia 3j- 

«   cajeputi 3j. 

«  lobelia gtt.  xxx. 

"  lavender gtt.  xxx. 

«   cinnamon "    x. 

«   sassafras "    x. 

Alcohol !jj.i-  m. 

As  soon  as  the  croupy  cough  begins,  rub  a  little  on  the 
throat.  Kepeat  every  hour  or  two.  Give  one  or  two  drops 
on  sugar  every  hour.     Continue  until  relieved. 

HomoBojpathic  Treatment. — Aconite,  Hepar,  Spongia. 

Ceoup.     (PsettdomembranoV'S.) 

Spmptomatology. — The  *  symptoms  of  pseudomembranous 
croup  are  more  insidious  than  spasmodic  croup.  The  patient  is 
restless,  feverish,  and  inclined  to  expectorate,  soon  followed  by 
cough  and  hoarseness.  Expectoration  increases,  the  sputa 
being  of  an  albuminous  character;  the  patient  is  better  in  the 
morning,  but  grows  worse  towards  night,  the  pulse  becoming 
quicker  and  the  breathing  difficult.  The  child  throws  back  its 
head  and  grasps  at  the  neck;  the  expectoration  grows  less, 
breathing  more  labored  and  the  pulse  quickened.  The  voice 
sinks  to  a  whisper,  and,  unless  relieved  by  treatment,  soon  be- 
comes comatose  and  expires. 


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ELKUTUIOAL   MEDICATION. 


Treat  cronp,  whether  membranous  or  spasjnodic,  much  the 
Buiiie  as  18  prescribed  for  diphtheria,  only,  in  the  hitter  2):.rt  of 
tlie  form,  treat  less. 

Electrical  Treaiment. — Apply  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  to  the 
tongue,  N,  P.  over  the  back  and  chest;  use  cotds  of  equal 
length,  five  to  ten  minutes,  P.  P.  to  the  back  Qf  the  neck, 
N.  P.  over  the  lungs,  five  minutes. 

Medical  Treatment. — 

3. — Lobelia  (lierb  green  in  color) 3jj. 

Loaf  sugar |jj. 

Aqua  bulliens ?jv. 

Bruise  the  herb  and  mix.  Steep,  without  boiling,  about 
ten  minutes,  having  the  dish  well  covered.  Strain,  and  add  to 
each  ounce  one  drop  of  bromine. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  half-hour,  hour  or  two  hours, 
according  to  the  urgency  of  the  case.  Usually  the  dose  is 
required  every  hour.  Besides  this,  fill  a  teacup  half  full  of 
boiling  water  and  drop  into  it  one  drop  ef  Bromine,  not  more 
than  two  drops,  and  hold  the  patient's  face  over  this  in  such 
a  manner  that  he'will  inhale  the  fumes  that  arise.  This  treat- 
ment with  the  Electrical  will  obliterate  the  disease.  Kinety- 
six  per  cent,  will  recover,  if  not  taken  in  the  last  stage  of  the 
disease. 

How.ceopathiG  Treatment. — Spongia,  Ipec,  Aeon. 

HEPITIZATION   OF   LUNGS. 

Symptomatology. — Cough  and  difiiculty  of  breathing;  thick 
tenacious  sputa;  on  percussing  the  thorax,  there  will  be  found 
an  area  of  dullness  corresponding  with  the  affected  portion  of 
the  organ.  Ausculation  gives  a  peculiar  blowing  or  tubular 
sound,  the  air  passing  through  only  the  larger  of  the  air  pas- 
sages. 
ElectHcal  Treatment. — Take  A  D  current,  pretty  strong  force. 


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ELECTRICAL    MKDICATION. 


95 


xlic,  niiicli  the 
e  latter  j.v.rt  of 

le  A  D  to  the 
cords  of  equal 
k  of  the  neck, 


3jj. 

lij- 

boiling,  about 
liu,  and  add  to 

or  two  hours, 
Ij  the  dose  is 
ip  half  full  of 
line,  not  more 
er  this  in  such 
B.  This  treat- 
;ase.  Nlnety- 
3t  stage  of  the 

3on. 


mthing;  thick 
will  be  found 
ed  portion  of 
ng  or  tubular 
f  the  air  pas- 

f^  strong  force. 


Treat  in  front,  over  the  lungs,  with  P.  P.,  moving  N".  P.,  Irmg 
cord,  on  spine  from  neck  to  near  the  kidneys;  that  is,  over  all 
the  dorsal  vertebne.  If  the  current  be  severely  i)ainful,  mod- 
erate it  to  endurance.  Treat  live  to  fifteen  minutt-is,  and  apply 
P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  chest,  generally 
five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  two  or  three  times  a  day.  The 
following  treatment  may  also  be  given  every  other  day.  Use 
B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over 
the  body  and  extremities,  generally  live  to  ten  minutes.  If 
there  should  be  indications  of  prostration,  apply  P.  P.  of  the 
B  D  current  to  the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the  limbs  and  body,  gen- 
erally five  to  ten  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment. — Veratrum  viride,  Syrup  ipecac,  Deg- 
italis,  Muriate  of  ammonia,  Alkalies,  etc.,  may  be  used  in  the 
iucipiency  of  the  disease.  When  more  fully  developed,  Iodide 
potassa  may  be  given  in  one  to  two  grain  doses,  every  two 
hours.  Poultices  and  sinapisms  may  be  applied  over  the  parts 
aftected. 

ASTHMA. 

Symptomatology. — Some  of  the  symptoms  of  this  disease 
are  premonitory  and  by  those  subject  to  the  affection  give 
•warning  of  an  approaching  attack.  Among  those  are  chilli- 
ness, loss  of  appetite  and  an  uncomfortable  feeling  on  going  to 
bed.  The  attack  generally  begins  after  midnight;  the  patient 
is  aroused  from  sleep  by  a  feeling  of  constriction  across  the 
chest,  labored  breathing  and  impending  suffocation,  attended 
with  a  wheezing  noise;  he  gasps  for  fresh  air,  makes  strong, 
voluntary  efforts  to  expand  his  chest.  The  exertion  of  breath- 
ing gives  warmth  to  his  body,  and  he  perspires  freely. 

ElectHcal  Treatment. — Use  the  A  D  current,  medium 
force.  Treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  shoulders  and  between  the 
scapidiB,  and  with  N.  P.  in  front  upon  the  lungs,  heart  and 
diaphragm.  Treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes  daily,  for  three  or 
four  days;  after  that,  three  times  a  week.     In  severe  attacks 


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96  'SLEOTRICAL    MEDICATION. 

of  asthma,  it  may  bo  necessary  to  coraraence  by  giving  a 
general  tonic  treatment,  before  gi<ing  the  local,  as  directed 
above. 

Medical  Treatment. — 

9. — Tinct.  gelseminum Jjj. 

"      lobelia Sj- m. 

Sig. — Ten  to  fifteen  drops  every  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes. 

J^. — Tinct.  belladonna 3j. 

Aqua  pura !jj.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  two  or  three  hours.  Diet 
nutritious,  with  white  or  red  wine. 

Hommopathio  Treatment. — Ipecac,  Apen.  lobel..  Ant.  tart. 
Pneumonia.     {Inflammation  of  the  l/ungs.) 

Symptomatology. — Tha  chief  symptoms  are  cough,  difficulty 
of  breathing,  pain  in  'Jie  thorax,  aggravated  by  coughing; 
pyrexia,  pulse  more  or  less  quickened  and  hard,  according  to 
the  severity  of  the  ut!-.ack,  which,  with  dyspnoea,  exists  through- 
out the  course  of  the  disease.  The  skin  is  dry  and  hot  at  first; 
the  expectoration  is  difficult  and  pr.inful,  but  in  a  few  days  it 
becomes  free,  and  the  difficulty  of  breathing  is  somewhat  mit- 
igated. If  the  disease,  instead  of  passing  off  by  resolution, 
goes  on  to  supuration,  chills  are  experienced;  the  respirations 
become  oppressed,  and  a  feeling  of  weight  is  felt  in  a  particu- 
lar region  of  the  lungs.  The  disease  may  terminate  by  gan- 
grene, by  induration,  or  by  hepitization.  The  phy&-sal  signs 
are  in  the  first  stage,  diminution  of  sound  on  percussion,  aus- 
culation  gives  a  dry  crepitating  rale.  Second  stage.  "When 
hepitization  has  taken  place,  the  motion  of  the  affected  side  is 
lessened,  percussion  dullness  is  apparent  over  the  part  in  every 
attitude  of  the  patient,  ausculation  gives  a  bronchial  murmur. 
The  respiratory  murmur  is  louder  in  other  portions  of  tlie 


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wenty  miniitea. 

.    3j. 
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I  hours.      Diet 

obel.,  Ant.  tart. 
v/nga.) 

30ugh,  difficulty 
I  by  coughing; 
rd,  according  to 
exists  through- 
and  hot  at  first; 
in  a  few  days  it 
somewhat  mit- 
'  by  resolution, 
the  respirations 
It  in  a  particu- 
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I  phy&^sal  signs 
percussion,  aus- 
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affected  side  is 
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portions  of  tlie 


KLEOTBIOAL   MEDICATION. 


hings,  and 


the  voice  resonant.     Supuration.     The  voice  and 
coiigh  are  less  resonant,  and  coarse  mucus  rale  is  heard. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  B  D  current,  strong  as- 
the  patient  can  bear,  and  treat  briefly — say  five  to  fifteen 
minutes,  several  times  a  day,  until  relief  is  experienced. 

Place  N.  P.,  long  cord,  low  on  back  of  neck,  and  move  P. 
P.  over  all  the  ujiper  part  of  the  lungs.  Then  remove  N.  P. 
to  the  lowei  dorsal  vertebrre,  just  above  the  kidneys,  and  treat 
with  P.  P.  over  the  lower  part  of  the  lungs.  If  typhoid  symp- 
toms attend,  follow  the  above  with  placing  P.  P.,  medium 
force,  on  back  of  neck,  close  below  the  cranium,  and  N.  P.  at 
coccyx,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Also,  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P. 
P.  over  the  shoulders,  side  of  the  neck,  and  over  the  body 
downwardly,  and  over  the  small  of  the  back  and  kidneys,  ten 
to  twenty  minutes.  It  may  be  advisable  to  apply  P.  P.  tongue 
instrument  accasionally  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  back  and 
chest,  five  to  ten  minutes,  using  mild  force.  If  there  is  delir- 
ium, apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  in  the  right 
hand,  apply  the  index-finger  of  the  same  to  the  eyes  alternate- 
ly, while  the  first  or  second  finger  of  the  left  hand  is  on  the 
neck,  or  in  each  ear  alternately,  and  transversely  with  the 
finger  on  the  eye.  Manipulate  in  this  manner  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.  Then  apply  the  fingers  to  the  ears  five  minutes. 
Then  moisten  the  hair,  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  head  three  to 
five  minutes,  mild  force.  Repeat  the  treatment  in  whole  or 
part  as  indicated,  two  or  three  times  a  day,  until  you  get  con- 
trol of  the  disease.  "When  under  control,  treat  often  enough 
to  keep  it  under  control. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

1^. — Tinct.  aconite  rad 3SB. 

Aqua  pura ^'v.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  hour  or  two  alternately,  with 
Ko.  2. 


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U8  ELECTRICAL   MP:DIOATIOM 

IJ. — Tiiict.  belladonna 388. 

A({iia  ])uru ^v.  nL 

Sig. — Use  alternately  with  No.  1. 

3. — Tinct.  veratriim  virid 3j« 

Synip,  ginger 3jjj.  m. 

Sig. — Four  to  eight  drops  every  two  or  three  hours,  until 
tlie  fever  is  controlled. 

Cough  mixture.  ■ 

3- — Ammonia  carbonate 3Jtojj. 

Syrup,  tolu 5jj. 

Syrup,  ginger 5jj. 

Whiskey ^"v.  m. 

Sig. — One  to  two  teaupoonsful  every  three  or  four  hours. 
Follow  with  tonic  treatment  and  tonics  when  the  fever  abates. 

Ilomceopathio  Treatment. — Aconite,  Phosph.,  Bryonia,  Tart, 
emetic. 

PuLMONAuv  Phthisis.     (Consumption.) 

Symptoinatvlogy. — In  the  earlier  stages  of  phthisis  the 
symptoms  are  a  slight  dry  cough,  particularly  in  the  morning; 
quickened  pulse;  a  burning  sensation  in  palms  of  the  hands 
and  soles  of  the  feet;  dryness  of  the  mucous  meml)rane  of  the 
mouth  and  fauces.  Chills  and  fever.  The  temperature  is  ele- 
vated, particularly  in  the  morning  and  evening.  Menstruation 
is  deficient.  Haemoptysis  sometimes  suddenly  appears,  suc- 
ceeded by  all  the  symptoms  of  well  marked  pulmonary  phthisis. 
These  symptoms  are  intimately  connected  with  the  deposit  of 
tubercles  in  the  lung,  softening  may  not  as  yet  have  commenced. 
Emaciation  and  debility  soon  show  on  the  patient.  The  hectic 
flush  soon  appears  on  the  cheek;  indeed  the  symptoms  of  this 
dread  disease  are  too  well  known  to  many  a  home.  Physical 
signs  are  dullness  and  a  feebleness  of  the  respiratory  murmur 


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99 


3j. 
3jjj-  m. 

ee  hours,  until 


3Jtojj. 

Hi- 

^V.  ra. 

)r  four  hours, 
le  fever  abates. 

Bryonia,  Tart. 

in.) 

phthisis   the 

the  morning; 

of  the  hands 

rabrane  of  the 

)erature  is  ele- 

Menstruation 

appears,  suc- 

jnary  phtbisis. 

the  deposit  of 

re  commenced. 

it.  The  hectic 

iptoms  of  this 

tne.     Physical 

atory  murmur 


in  tlu'  cliiviiMiliir  region.  In  fact  it  is  agreed  on  by  tbe  majority 
of  writers  tbat  a  dulhieHs  in  the  clavicular  region,  together 
with  an  altered  respiratory  murmur,  a  quickened  uulse,  and  a 
marked  elevation  of  temperature  bns  only  one  inteqjretation, 
viz.:  Pulmonary  Phtbisis.  As  the  disease  advances,  tbe  tuber- 
cles soften  and  become  diluted  with  broken  down  lung  tissue; 
the  expectoration  of  this  matter  gives  rise  to  cavities  or 
vc.nica.  A  careful  examination  of  tbe  chest  at  this  time  will 
give  positive  evidence  of  tbe  existence  of  extensive  leisons  of 
the  lungs.  After  tbe  fonniition  of  cavities  the  peculiar  gur- 
gling rale  is  heard  if  the  cavity  contains  any  fluid.  If  a  portion 
of  lung  is  solidified,  bronchial  breathing  and  bronchophony  is 
beard,  the  lung  may  be  solidified  in  one  'part  giving  those 
latter  signs,  while  another  portion  may  contain  a  cavity  civing 
all  the  signs  of  a  breaking  down  of  lung  structure,  in  the 
last  stage,  or  as  called  by  some  writers,  the  third  stage, 
which  commences  when  cavities  are  already  formed,  and  unfor- 
tunately terminates  with  death,  is  marked  by  an  increase  of 
all  tbe  foregoing  symptoms,  the  cough  and  expectoration  grows 
worse.  There  are  night  sweats  and  a  colliquative  diarrbcea, 
tbe  feet  and  ankles  become  oedematous,  the  vital  powers  grad- 
ually sink.  All  the  functions  of  life  fail,  and  death  closes  the 
scene. 

After  tubercles  have  been  formed  extensively  in  the  lungs, 
and  have  softened  doion  over  considerable  area,  carrying 
the  polmonary  tissue  witli  them  into  a  state  of  pus,  there  is 
commonly  but  little  hope  of  successful  treatment.  But  where 
they  are  restricted  to. comparatively  small  extent,  and  no  ulcer- 
ation exists,  they  may  be  decomposed  and  absorbed  away,  or 
be  thrown  off  in  expectoration,  and  the  affected  parts  be  healed. 

Electrical  Treatmen*  — If  the  case  be  a  recwht  one,  and 
acute  fever,  combined  perhaps,  with  more  or  less  inflam- 
mation in  the  lungs,  use  the  A  0  current,  in  moderate 
force,  yet  all  the  patient  can  bear  without  special  distress. 


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KLKCTUIOAL   IIKOICATIOM. 


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Pliice  N.  P.,  loTiff  cord,  upon  the  uppt»r  dorKiil  vcrtobrre 
for  treating  tho  upper  part  of  the  liini^H,  or  upon  the 
lower  dorual  vertehnu  for  treating  their  lower  part.  Tlien 
pass  P.  P.  over  all  the  affected  parta.  Treat  in  this  man- 
ner five  to  fifteen  minutes,  daily,  until  the  imflammatioii 
is  HUpprt'HHed,  which  will  1)0  indicated  by  an  abatement  of  the 
extri'!ue  Hi'iisitiveiu'sn  and  lancinating  pain  under  the  electrode. 
Then,  \i  fever isk  action  continue  high,  remove  tho  N.  P.  *i) 
the  coccyx  or  to  the  lower  part  of  the  sacrum,  taking  the  Ji  D 
current,  mild  force,  with  cords  of  eqiuil  leri^gth,  and  li'eat,  as 
before,  with  P.  P.  over  tlie  afiected  ]>artB,  and  also  over  the 
thorax  generally,  and  along  down  the  spine  to  the  lower  dorsal 
vertebnu.  Continue  this  treatiuent  ten  to  fifteen  minutes, 
daily,  until  the  fever  is  removed,  or  nearly  so.  For  this  ))art 
of  the  treatment,  it  is  best  to  use  the  hand  as  the  P.  electrode, 
and  todifiuse  the  current  over  the  whole  ))lam  of  the  hand  wher- 
ever special  soreness  ap])ear8.  It  is  better,  also,  that  the  patient 
receive  the  treatment  in  bed,  secure  from  any  chilliness  or 
current  of  air,  so  as  to  facilitate  perspiration. 

If  the  case  be  one  of  long  standing,  and  more  or  less  of  2>u8, 
or  jnts  and  tubercles,  be  raised  in  coughing,  take  the  A  D 
current,  with  equal  coras  and  ve7'y  mild  force.  Reduce  tho 
(piautity  of  battery  fluid  if  necessary.  Now  place  P.  P.  at 
the  coccyx  and  treat  with  N.  P.,  (the  hand  is  here  much  the 
best),  over  all  the  diseased  parts.  Change  occasionally  by 
removing  P.  P.  to  back  of  neck  with  long  cord.  Tho 
object  is  to  bring  the  diseased  parts  under  a  very  light  force  of 
the  A  D  current,  such  as  is  especially  healing  in  old  ulcers 
and  chronic  irritation.  But  if  this  action  should  at  any  time 
increase  fever  or  inflammation  in  the  liuigs,  the  poles  must  be 
reversed  for  one  or  two  treatments.  Use  B  D  current  in  this 
stage  of  the  disease,  treat  ten  to  twelve  or  fifteen  minutes, 
daily,  for  three  or  four  days,  and  after  that,  tliree  times  a  week. 


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KLKOTRIOAL    MKDIOATION.  101 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Hock  candy ^'. 

"W  hiskey,  pure 5vjjj-  m- 

Si^. — One  tt-a  to  one  tablcBpoonful  three  to  six  times  a  day 
when  the  (Mni^h  is  troublesome.  Also,  preparations  of  the 
Ilypophosphites,  malt  and  Oodlivor  oil,  may  bo  used  as  in- 
dicated. Tonics  of  bark  and  iron,  phosphorus  and  strychnia, 
or  Wheeler's  Coin  pound  Elix'r  of  the  llypophosphites  (chem- 
ical food),  may  be  used  advantageously.  If  there  are  profuse 
perspirations: 

3. — Aromatic  aulpliuric  acid Jj- 

Quinine grs.  x  to  xxx. 

Sig. — Mix,  take  ten  to  fifteen  drops  largely  diluted  with 
water,  three  or  four  times  a  day.  The  above  preparation  may 
also  be  applied  to  the  spine  with  the  band  morning  and  even- 
ing. 

9. — Salad  oil |jv. 

Apply  with  the  hand  over  the  chest  and  back,  three  times 
a  week. 

Use  the  following  with  the  salad  oil: 

9. — Aqua  calcis I^'j- 

Tinct.  iod 3j.  to  jj.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  in  a  glass  of  sweet  milk,  three  times 
a  day. 

HomoMjpathio  Treatment. — Bryonia,  Tart  em.,  Ferr.  iod., 
Calc.  iod.,  Phos.,  Ars.,  Aconite. 

ANGINA   FEOTOBIS. 

Symptomatology. — There  is  sudden  and  lancinating  pain 
in  the  region  of  t>>e  heart,  producing  intense  sufiering.  The 
pain  sometimes  extends  to  head,  arms  or  lege,  with  a  feeling  of 


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102  ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 

impending  BufFocation  and  death.  There  may  be  dyspnoea 
and  Jividity  of  the  face.  The  extremities  are  cold,  aiid  the 
urine  is  passed  in  large  quantities.  There  may  he  organic 
disease  of  the  lieart  and  thereby  complicate  the  affection. 
Some  wi-iters  give  organic  disease  of  the  heart  as  one  of  the 
causes  of  Angina  pectoris.  The  cause  of  the  disease  in  many 
cases  is  very  obscure. 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  nmi/ralgia,  use  B  D  current;  if 
rheumatism,  use  A  D.  In  either  case,  treat  the  heart  with 
P.  P.,  moderate  force,  placing  N.  P.  at  lower  dorsal  or  upper 
lumbar  vertebrae.  Treat  five  to  eight  minutes,  daily,  until 
relief  is  gnnied. 

Rheumatism  of  the  heart  may  be  distinguished  from  neu- 
ralgia by  its  occasioning  irregularity  in  the  cardiac  contrac- 
tions, commonly  a  sense  of  soreness  and  pain  under  pressure 
by  the  hand,  and  often  perceptible  enlargement  of  the  organ, 
which  neuralgia  does  not,  and  also  by  its  pains  being  more 
constant — less  ^tiul — than  those  of  neuralgia. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Valerianate  quinine grs.  jv. 

Prusiate  ferri "    vjjj. 

Diaphoratic  powder "    xjj.  m. 

Sig. — Fiat  pulvis  No.  8.  Take  one  powder  every  two 
hours.  Apply  one  of  the  following  preparations  to  the  parts 
affected.     Moisten  a  linen  cloth  and  apply. 

5. — Fluid  extract  aconite ^zs. 

Chloroform 3jj.  m.  . 

5. — Aqua  ammonia 4.  F.  f  ss. 

Chloroform §S8. 

Spirits  camphor U.  S.  P  Hjj.  m. 

Apply  as  above  directed. 


'ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


103 


ay  be  dyspnoea 
re  cold,  ai;d  the 
may  be  organic 
5  the  affection, 
rt  as  one  of  the 
disease  in  many 

B  D  current;  if 
the  heart  with 
dorsal  or  upper 
;e8,  daily,  until 

ished  from  neu- 
sardiac  contrac- 
under  pressure 
t  of  the  organ, 
ins  being  more 


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"    xjj.  m. 

rder  every  two 
ons  to  the  T>arts 


•  3jj.  m. 

^  !88. 

.  !88. 

?  liij.  m. 


5. — Fl.  ext.  hyoscyamus   Ij. 

Valerianate  ferri ; . . .   3j. 

Syrup,  ginger !j.  m. 

Sig. — Twenty  to  thirty  drops  before  each  meal;  used  in 
neuralgic  affections,  ansemic  and  debilitated  states  or  condi- 
tion of  females. 

Palpitation  of  the  Heart. 

Symptomatology. — Palpitation  of  the  heart  may  exist  in 
the  various  structural  changes  of  that  organ,  yet  it  frequently 
exists  without  any  organic  lesion  whatever.  It  requires  ex- 
treme care  and  observation  in  many  cases  to  be  able  to  diag- 
nose between  organic  disease  of  the  heart  and  that  which  is 
purely  functional.  It  is  only  by  careful  ausculation  and  percus- 
sion that  we  may  be  able  to  arrive  at  a  correct  diagnosis,  and 
these  means  carefully  applied,  should  be  used  in  all  cases  to 
arrive  at  a  correct  conclusion.  The  differential  diagnosis  of 
purely  functional  cardiac  derangement  are,  that  in  organic 
lesion  the  disease  always  advances,  whilst  that  of  functional  is 
to  occur  at  regular  intervals;  that  active  exercise  always 
aggravates  organic,  but  seldom  increases  and  sometimes  re- 
lieves functional  derangement.  Also,  that  the  physical  signs 
are  soon  developed  in  organic  disease  and  remair  jpermanently, 
while  in  functional  derangement  they  seldom  exist,  and  their 
appearance  is  apt  to  be  irregular  or  periodic. 

This  is  commonly  a  symptomatic  or  sympathetic  affection — 
ra/rely  idiopathic — and  disappears  on  cure  of  the  disease  from 
which  it  proceeds. '  It  usually  denotes  nervous  weakness,  and 
often  general  debility.  General  tonic  treatment  is  indicated, 
as  far  as  can  be  given  without  interfering  with  the  proper 
treatment  of  any  local  affections  on  which  the  palpitation  de- 
pends. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  ai^ply  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  thorax  and  chest,  generally  three  to 


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104  ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 

five  mi  mites;  then  apply  K  P.  to  the  spine,  three  to  five 
niiinites.  Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  reck. 
N.  P.  over  the  chest,  stomach,  liver  and  spleen,  five  to  ten 
minutes.  Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the 
body  generally,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  once  a  day  or 
every  other  day.  "While  treating  chest  as  first  dii-ected  use 
mild  force. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

ft . — Valerianate  ammonia 3j. 

Syrup,  acacia |jV.  m. 

Sig. — One  ti  two  teaspoonsful  three  times  a  day. 

ft. — Valerianate  ferri grs.  xxx. 

Syrup  ginger ^V.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  day. 

ft. — Tinct.  prunus  virginiana ^j. 

Simple,  syrup Ijj-  m. 

Sig. — One-quarter  to  one  teaspoonful  every  four  hours. 

Homaiopathio  Treatment. — Cactus  gr.,  Carbo.  veg. 

TOKPID   LiVEB. 

Symptomatology. — Inactivity  of  the  liver  may  depend  on 
a  number  of  causes:  such  as  organic  diseases  of  the  organ, 
obstruction  of  the  bile  ducts,  malaria  in  its  many  forms.  The 
tongue  is  coated,  the  bowels  are  constipated,  and  the  alvine 
evacuations  are  of  a  pale  clay  color.  There  may  also  be 
jaundice. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  A  D  or  B  D  current,  full 
medium  force.  Treat  with  N.  P.  over  the  liver,  at  the  riffht 
side,  immediately  below  the  short  ribs,  and  thence  backward 
and  a  little  upward,  as  far  back  as  the  spine,  holding  P,  P.  on 
the  left  side,  close  under  the  ribs,  for  about  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.     Then  remove  P.  P.  to  the  spine,  on  back  of  neck, 


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three  to  five 
of  the  reck. 

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P.  over  tlie 

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ELUOTBICAL    MRDIOATION.  105 

ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Next,  go  with  the  P.  P.  to  coccyx  five 
to  ten  minutes;  continuing,  as  at  first,  to  manipulate  with  N. 
P.  over  the  liver.  Let  the  whole  treatment  occupy  from  twenty 
to  forty  minutes.  Repeat  the  sittings  about  three  times  a  week. 
If  very  torpid,  daily. 

Jfedical  Treatment. —li  the  bowels  are  constipated,  admin- 
ister mild  cathartics.  Preparations  of  Magnesia,  Seidlitz 
powders  or  Compound  syrup  of  rhei  and  senna.  Uusually 
enemas  are  all  that  are  required.  Make  a  solution  of  Epsom 
salts.  Inject.  Or  Milk  and  water.  Soapsuds  may  be  used. 
Never  irritate  the  intestinal  canal  to  relieve  the  rectum  of 
fcecal  matter.  Electricity  and  enemas  will  relieve  tbe  most 
obstinate  cases. 

Medical  Treatment:"— 

Cathartic  for  children: 

9. — Creta  preparata grs.  xz. 

Hydrargyrum  chlor.  mit "    v.  m. 

Sig. — Make  five  powders.     Give  one  every  four  hours. 

For  adults: 

5 — PilulsB  Hydrargyri 3j- 

Aloes  pulvis grs.  z. 

Capsicum , "    jv. 

Extract  nux  vomica "    v. 

"       colocynth,  comp "   xxx.  m. 

Fiat  piluljB,  No.  20. 

Sig. — One  pill  night  and  morning. 

]^. — Ext.  belladonna grs.  yj. 

''      gentian «  zvjjj.  m. 

Fiat  pilulffi  No.  15. 

Sig. — One  to  two  before  breakfast. 

SonyBopaihic  Treatment. — Podophyllin. 


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106 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


Hepatitis.     {Inflammation  of  lAver.) 

Symptomatology. — Pain  in  the  right  side,  tenderness  on 
firm  pressure,  hard  and  full,  strong  pulse,  high  fever  and  a  con- 
siderable elevation  of  temperature,  tension  in  the  right  side 
and  a  hacking,  dry  cough,  constipated  condition  of  the  bowels, 
a  pale  and  yellow  appearance  of  the  eyes  and  skin. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  B  D  current  with  what 
force  the  patient  can  bear.  Place  JS".  P.  at  the  coccyx,  and  also 
somewhere  on  the  trunk  opposite  to  the  inflammation.  Then 
manipulate  with  P.  P.  over  inflamed  and  sore  part.  Treat 
five  to  twenty  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  The  following 
remedies  may  be  used  in  connection  with  the  treatment:  Po- 
dophyllin,  Leptandrin,  Veratrum,  Taraxicum,  Sulphate  soda, 
and  Alkaline  batlis. 

HomoBOjpathio  Treatment. — ^Podophyllin,  Mercurius. 

Enlargement  of  Liver. 

Symptomatology. — Symptoms  are  pain  in  the  hepatic  region, 
jaundice  and  its  accompaniments,  and  on  percussion  the  area 
of  the  organ  will  be  found  to  be  enlarged.  On  palpation 
and  manipulation  the  size  and  boundaries  of  the  organ  will  be 
found  to  exceed  its  normal  state.  The  tongue  is  coated  with 
a  whitish  brown  covering,  and  the  bowels  are  constipated. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  A  D  current,  with  me- 
dium force.  Place  N.  P.,  some  five  to  twenty  minutes,  on 
left  side,  over  the  spleen;  and  then  as  much  longer  at  the 
coccyx.  Manipulate  with  P.  P.  over  the  liver.  Treat  about 
three  times  a  week.  If  the  enlargement  be  recent  it  will  sub- 
side; if  of  long  standing,  its  restoration  will  be  slow,  and 
somewhat  uncertain. 

Medioal  Treatment: — 

Q. — Chlorate  potassa  .    3fj. 

Aqua  pura §v.  m. 


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ELECTKIOAL   MEDIOATIOH. 


107 


ver.) 

tenderness  on 
fever  und  a  con- 

I  the  riglit  side 

II  of  the  bowels, 
ikin. 

•eut  with  what 
aoccyx,  and  also 
imation.  Then 
re  part.  Treat 
The  following 
treatment:  Po- 
Sulpbate  soda, 

Jrcurius. 


hepatic  region, 
ussion  the  area 
On  palpation 
3  organ  will  be 
is  coated  with 
)nstipated. 
rent,  with  ma- 
ty minutes,  on 
longer  at  the 
Treat  about 
mt  it  will  sub- 
be  slow,  and 


3ij. 

Sv.  m. 


Sig. — One  teaspoonfiil  every  two  hours, 

Hoin<Bojpathla  Treatment. — Bryonia,  Merc,  Nux  vomica 

Biliary  Oklc\  a.     (Gravel  in  Liver.) 

Symptomatology. — The  patient  is  suddenly  seized  with 
severe  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver,  passing  towards  the  epi- 
gastrium. The  pain  is  most  excruciating,  and  lasts  during  the 
passage  of  the  calculi  through  tlie  bile  duct.  The  face  is  bathed 
with  perspiration,  and  there  is  vomiting  and  considerable  pros- 
tration. The  pain  passes  off  suddenly,  leaving  the  patient 
very  much  weakened.  The  alvine  evacuations  should  be  filtered 
through  water  and  the  presence  of  calculi  detected. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  A  *0  current,  strong  as  can  be 
borne;  and  treat  the  inflamed  and  painful  part  with  P.  P., 
while  N.  P.  is  upon  the  right  end  of  the  duodenum.  Treat 
eight  to  ten  minutes,  daily. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^, — ^Tinct.  gelsetninum 3jv. 

Sig. — Three  to  six  drops  every  one,  Wu  or  three  hours,  as 
indicated. 

5 . — Fluid  extract  hydrangea Jjv. 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Especially  adapted  to  the  removal  of  renal  calculi. 

Sweet  Olive  Oil  for  Removing  Gall  Stones. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Babbit,  of  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  writes  as  follows  to 
the  Medical  Brief:  "  I  have  suffered  from  the  presence  t  f 
gall  stones  as  persons  celdom  suffer.  For  fifteen  weeks,  almost 
every  day,  one  or  more  calculi  passed,  and  the  anguish  was  so 
great  that  the  inhalation  of  chloroform  appeared  to  me  to  be 
the  only  thing  to  keep  body  and  soul ,  together  *  *  *  Fin- 
ally, acting  under  the  advice  of  Dr.  Pitchers,  of  Detroit,  I 


108 


ZLKOTRIOAL   MEDICATION. 


took  a  remedy  which  brought  away  over  one  hundred  crys- 
tiilized  globes,  as  large  as  a  inarrow-fat  ])ea,  at  one  evacuation. 
I  have  since  treated  more  than  a  score  of  sufferers,  with  the 
best  results,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned,  Kem- 
edy:  Sweet  olive  oil,  six  to  eight  ounces.  First  empty  the 
stomach  by  emetic,  or  by  fasting;  the  latter  way  is  preferable. 
Twenty  or  thirty  minutes  after  swallowing  the  oil,  which  will 
give  time  for  it  to  pass  into  the  duodenum,  recline  upon  the 
left  side,  with  the  hips  elevated  higher  than  the  shoulders. 
The  oil  will  find  its  way  down  the  ductus  communis  and  reach 
the  enemy  in  its  castle,  to-wit:  the  gall  bladder.  Every  cal- 
culus will  be  lubricated  and  slide  out  of  the  fount  and  through 
the  intestines.  Now,  to  be  certain  the  desired  result  has  been 
obtained,  let  the  stools  he  dejected  into  a  vessel  half  full  of 
water,  and  the  little  green  globules  will  be  found  floating  on  the 
water.  No  cathartic  will  be  necessary.  Nothing  more  needed. 
Ilomceopathic  Treatment. — Chelidon,  Bell.,  Aconite,  and 
the  application  of  a  large,  hot  compress  over  the  seat  of  pain. 

Intkrmittent  and  Rp:MirrENT  Fevers.     {Ague  and  Fever^ 

Symjptomaiolofjy. — Intermittent  and  remittent  fevers  occur 
in  regular  ])aroxysm8  of  longer  or  shorter  duration,  or  periods 
occasionally  recurring  every  twenty-four,  forty-eight,  or  seven- 
ty-two hours.  Generally  every  seventh,  fourteenth,  or  twenty- 
first  day.  A  pai'oxysm  is  generally  preceded  by  languor,  las- 
situde, and  pain  in  the  bonto.  The  tongue  is  covered  with  a 
white  coating.  Coating  distinct.  Chills  or  rigors  are  felt  pass- 
ing down  the  back  and  legs.  The  teeth  chatter,  the  nails  be- 
come purple,  the  skin  assumes  the  appearance  of  goose  flesh 
(cutis  ancerina).  In  the  course  of  from  thirty  minutes  to 
four  houra  these  symptoms  subside,  and  at  first  a  mild  fever 
succeeds,  which  continues  to  increase  until  the  skin  becomes 
dry  and  hot.  The  pulse  rapidly  increases  in  volume,  and  fre- 
quently the  temperature  rises  rapidly.     There   is  headache, 


MiHM 


ELEOTSIOAL    MEDICATION. 


10» 


hundred  crys- 
one  evaciiation. 
■erers,  with  the 
cerned.     Rem- 
irst  empty  the 
ly  is  preferable, 
oil,  which  will 
JcHne  upon  the 
the  shoulders, 
lunis  and  reach 
er.     Every  cal- 
nt  and  through 
result  has  been 
sel  half  full  of 
I  floating  on  the 
g  more  needed. 
,  Aconite,  and 
ae  seat  of  pain. 

;«  and  Fever.) 

jnt  fevers  occur 
tion,  or  periods 
eight,  or  seven- 
nth,  or  twenty- 
)y  languor,  las- 
Bovered  with  a 
rs  are  felt  pass- 
r,  the  nails  be- 
ef goose  flesh 
ty  minutes  to 
Jt  a  mild  fever 
1  skin  becomes 
►lume,  and  fre- 
I  is  headache, 


thirst  and  dryness  of  the  secretions.  The  urine  is  scanty  and 
highly  colored.  These  symptoms  vary  in  different  persons  and 
localities.  Now  begins  the  sweating  stage.  The  skin  is  soon 
covered  with  a  profuse  perspiration,  the  pulse  becomes  soft  and 
compressible,  and  the  patient  begins  to  feel  decidedly  better. 
In  the  remittent  form  the  symptoms  are  much  as  above,  but 
its  chief  characteristic  is  the  almost  entire  absence  of  a  well- 
marked  apyrexia,  or  complete  intermission  of  the  symptoms, 
such  as  is  seen  in  the  intermittent  variety.  In  other  words, 
there  is  no  complete  subsidence  and  interval  of  the  paroxysm. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  A  D  current.  First,  give 
general  tonic  treatment.  Then  close  the  sitting  with  a  strong 
current,  running  from  spleen  to  liver — P.  P.  upon  spleen,  in 
the  left  side,  just  below  the  ribs,  and  N.  P.  upon  liver — best 
reached  in  the  right  side,  close  under  the  ribs,  and  around 
backward  and  a  little  upward  as  far  as  to  the  spine.  The 
spleen  is  morbidly  positive,  and  probably  enlarged,  while  the 
liver  is  too  negative.  Treat  spleen  and  liver  in  this  transverse 
manner  about  five  to  fifteen  minutes. 

If  the  chills  occur  on  alternate  days,  treat  on  the  interven- 
ing days;  if  every  day,  trea^  about  two  hours  before  the  chill 
is  expected,  or  treat  as  above  when  the  chill  is  on.  I  have 
broken  chills  of  months'  duration  in  twenty  to  thirty  min- 
utes, while  shaking. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Chinoidine 3jj. 

Acid,  sulphuric,  arom 3j. 

Aqua  fontana ^jj* 

Whiskey ,...  |jv.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonfnl  in  a  wine  glass  of  water  every  two 
hours,  during  the  absence  of  the  fever,  until  broken.  Repeat 
OP  the  sixth,  twelfth,  eighteenth,  and  twenty-fourth  days.  Keep 
the  bowels  regular  with  vegetable  pills.     Electricity  with  first 


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110 


VLKOTKICAL   MEDICATION. 


a  few 


prescription  will  cure  nine-tenths  of  the  worst  cases  in 
days. 

5-— Whiskey 3vj.  or  oj. 

Sweet  fliifrpoot ?jj.  ni. 

Sig. — One  tablespuont'ul  in  tlie  ab.scnce  of  the  fever. 

Homneopathio  Treatment. — China,  Arsen. 

Nephritis.     (Inflammation  of  the  Kidneys.) 

Symptom/itology. — Fever  and  acute  pain  in  the  region  of 
the  kidneys,  and  dull  pain  in  the  thigh  of  the  aft'ected  side. 
The  urine  is  of  a  dark  red  color.  The  patient  feels  pain  and 
distress  in  attempting  to  walk  or  sit  upright.  He  generally 
lies  easiest  on  the  affected  side.  The  skin  is  dry  and  hot.  The 
tongue  is  coated  with  a  dark  brown  coat;  the  pulse  at  first  is 
h«jrd  and  full,  but  in  a  short  time  becomes  small,  weak  and 
quick. 

EL  ctrioal  Treatimnt. — 1.  Acute.  If  the  urinary  secretion 
be  readiith  and  scant,  with  or  without  sedimentary  deposit,  let 
the  inflammation  be  regarded  as  acute;  and  use  upon  it  the 
]}  D  current  of  good  medium  strength,  or  a  little  more,  if  the 
patient  can  bear  it.  The  pain  from  the  current  will  probably 
subside  somewhat,  and  perhaps  altogether,  under  treatment. 
Place  N.  P.  at  the  coccyx  or  at  the  feet,  or  in  a  bowl  of  water, 
in  which  drop  thetensus  with  N.  P.  long  cord,  and  manipulate 
over  the  inflamed  ^nd  sore  parts  with  P.  P.  Treat  five  to 
twenty  minutes,  twice  a  day,  if  the  case  be.  recent,  or  onc«  a 
day,  if  it  be  of  some  weeks  standing. 

2.  Chronic.  If  it  be  an  old  case,  and  attended  with  a 
brownish  or  a  brickdust-like  sediment  in  the  urine,  it  may  be 
considered  chronic,  and  should  be  treated  with  a  moderate  A 
D  current,  once  in  two  days.  Place  P.  P.  at  the  coccyx,  and 
treat  with  N.  P.  over  the  affected  kidneys.  There  may  be  no 
sense  of  soreness  or  swelling,  but  dull  pain.     Treat  ten  to  fif- 


cases  in  a  tew 

■   3vj.  or  oj. 

2Jj-  ra. 
e  lever. 


ineya.) 

the  region  of 
e  aft'ected  side, 
feels  pain  and 

He  generally 

and  hot.    The 

ulse  at  first  is 

fiall,  M'eak  and 

I  nary  secretion 
iry  deposit,  let 
ie  upon  it  the 
le  more,  if  the 

will  probably 
ier  treatment, 
bowl  of  water, 
nd  manipulate 

Treat  five  to 
«nt,  or  once  a 

ended  with  a 
ine,  it  may  be 
a  moderate  A 
le  coccyx,  and 
5re  may  be  no 
reat  ten  to  fif- 


KLKOTKIOAL   MEDICATION.  Ill 

teen  minutes.  But  if  the  inflammation  should  rise  to  an  active 
or  wQwiG  %XA{e,  rei'erse  the  poles.  Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P. 
P.  over  the  kidneys,  N.  P.  at  the  feet,  ten  to  twenty  minutea. 
Treat  twice  a  day  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. —  Sweet  spirits  of  nitre |j. 

.-'   Tinct.  aconite gtt.  xxx.         > 

"      gelseminum 3jj.  m.  ' 

Sig. — Ten  to  fifteen  drop  every  two  or  three  hours,  as  the 
case  may  indicate. 

3. — Infusion  of  marsh-mallow  root.     Use  freely. 
Ctsi'itis.     {Inflammation  of  the  Bladder^ 

Eleotr'' :al  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  W.  P.  long  cord 
with  the  tensus  in  a  mug  of  water.  Then  manipulate  with  the 
side -sponge  cup  over  the  small  of  the  back  and  kidneys,  ten  to 
twenty  minutes.     Treat  once  or  twice  a  day. 

Warm  sitz  baths,  and  Hofiinan's  anodyne  may  bo  used 
advantageously  with  prescriptions  for  rephritis. 

Homaopathio  Treatment. — Aconite,  Gelseminum,  Tere- 
binth, Couth. 

D1ABKTF.8,  OR  Saciiarine  Urine. 

Symptomatology. — The  symptoms  are  thirst,  headache,  a 
dry  and  parched  condition  of  the  mouth,  pain  in  the  region  of 
the  kidneys  and  great  debility.  The  urine  is  limpid  and 
greatly  increased  in  quantity,  and  has  a  sweetish  taste  and 
smell.  The  urine  in  all  suspected  cases  should  be  tested  for 
sugar. 

This  disease  occurs  in  two  forms,  diabetes  insipidus  and 
diabetes  melUtus.  In  the  first  named  form,  the  disease  is 
readily  cured.  In  the  latter,  it  is  very  formidably,  and  is 
rarely,  if  ever,  cured  by  medicines,  especially  when  of  long 


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112 


ELECTRICAL    MF-DICATIOIT. 


Btaiidirig.  In  tins  latter  variety  of  the  disease,  the  urea  1h  ah- 
»eiit  iVtim  the  urine,  and  in  itt:  place  is  found  more  or  less  of 
sugar,  often  large  quantities,  Dnnglison  says  two  and  one-half 
ounces  in  a  pint. 

The  electrical  state  of  the  disease,  in  both  of  these  forms, 
is  negative  in  excess. 

Electrical  Treatment. — 1.  D.  incijndua.  Use  the  B  D 
current,  of  moderate  force.  Place  P.  P.  at  the  coccyx  or  on 
the  upper  dorsal  vertebrce.  or  on  both  in  alternation,  which  is 
better,  and  treat  over  the  kidneys  with  N.  P.  five  to  eight 
minutes,  once  a  day,  for  three  or  four  days.  If  this  should 
fail  to  cure,  as  it  seldom  will,  go  on  with  the  same  treatment 
three  times  a  week. 

2.  D.  mellitua.  Take  the  A  1)  current,  of  mild  force. 
Place  P,  P.  as  in  d.  insipidus,  and  treat  the  kidneys  with  N.  P. 
about  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  three  times  a  week,  supplement- 
ing this  with  general  tonic  treatment,  once  or  twice  a  week. 

Be  patient  and  persevering.  In  bad  cases,  months  will  be 
required  to  effect  a  cure;  but  persistent  effort,  as  above  pre- 
scribed, will  rarely  if  ever  fail,  unless  the  vital  force  is  nearly 
expended. 

Medical  Treatment. — D.  Trsipidus. 

5 — Aletrin grs.  xx. 

Br'indy 5w  m. 

Sig. — One  tablespoonful,  made  into  brandy  toddy,  and 
given  three  times  a  day.  Batho  the  body  with  warm  alkaline 
water  three  to  six  times  a  week. 

D.  Mellitus. — 

]9 .  — Hy permanganate  of  potash ..•••••••  25J. 

Aqua  pura |v.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day  in  syrup  01 
acacia  or  emulsion  of  elm. 


3,  the  urea  la  ab- 

morr  or  less  of 

two  and  one-half 

.  of  these  forms, 

Use  the  B  D 

he  coccyx  or  on 

•nation,  which  is 

P.  five  to  eight 

If  this  should 
I  same  treatment 

,  of  mild  force. 
Ineys  with  N.  P, 
3ek,  suppiement- 
or  twice  a  week. 
,  months  will  be 
t,  aa  above  pre- 
eJ  force  u  nearly 


•  •  grs.  XX. 

ndy  toddy,  and 
;h  warm  alkaline 


. .  fv.m, 

b  day  in  syrnp  oi 


KI.KOTRICAL   MEDICATION.  tl8 

^. — Tinct.  opii  cnmph Jj. 

Big. — Fifteen  to  thirty  drops  two  or  three  times  u  day.  The 
diet  Hhould  consist  largely  of  wild  game;  also  domesticat(>(i 
f^wls  and  animals.  All  articles  containing  sturch  and  sugar 
t>hoiil(l  be  avoidi'd. 

JIom<JDoj)athio  Treatment. — Uran  nit.,  Nit.  acid,  Phos. 
acid.  ." 

Henal  CAi.cnLi.     (Grqvel  in  the  Kidneys.) 

Symptomatology. — The  patient  is  suddenly  seized  with  u 
severe  lancinating  pain  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  pasHJng 
downward  along  the  course  of  the  ureters  to  the  bladder.  The 
pain  lasts  during  the  passage  of  the  calculi  through  the  ureter, 
and  ceases  as  soon  as  it  reaches  the  bladder,  whence  it  is  dis- 
charged with  the  urine.  The  urine  should  be  passed  in  a  ves- 
sel and  examined  for  the  presence  of  calculi  in  suspected 
cases. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  A  0  current,  of  consider- 
able force.  Place  N.  P.  low  upon  the  bladder,  and  treat  with 
P.  P.  upon  the  inflamed  and  painful  point  five  to  eight  min- 
utes, once  or  twice  a  day.  If  treating  twice  a  day,  continue 
not  more  than  five  minutes  at  a  time. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5 . — Fluid  ext.  hydrangea Jjj. 

Sig. — One-he''*  to  one  teaspoonful  twice  or  three  times  a 
day. 

^. — Vinum  colchici , %. 

Holland  gin |jv.  m. 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 
If  there  is  severe  pain,  ten  to  thirty  drops  of  Tinct.  opii. 
May  be  given  as  indicated. 

Homo&opaihic  Treatment. — Phos.  acid,  Cann.,  Merc. 


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114 


KLKOTIICAL    MKDIOATIUir. 


DySI'KI-SIA. 

Symptomatology, — A  debilitated  condition  of  the  stoinach. 
The  Hyinptoma  ure  uiieaine«a  after  outinj?,  pain  in  the  stoinach, 
fiirml  tijugiie,  constipated  boweU,  paipitation  of  the  heart, 
acid  iTiicatioiis,  a  feeling  of  dirttensioii  in  tl.e  stomach.  The 
patient  is  at  times  compelled  to  loosen  his  clothing. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  ditHoult  of  diseases  to  control  by 
any  of  the  ordinary  modes  of  medical  practice;  and  yet,  under 
judicious  electrical  treatment,  it  is  one  of  the  surest  to  yield. 
The  disease  assumes  various  phages  in  different  persons,  and  at 
dilferont  times  in  the  same  person,  requiring  varied  treatment. 

The  pain,  after  eating,  is  severe;  eructations  of  air,  ap- 
parently from  the  inner  surfaces  of  the  slonuicli  an<l  bowels,  or 
of  gas  from  their  decomposing  contents,  are  large  —  often 
enormous.  The  stomach  is  much  of  the  time  acid,  and,  in 
some  cases,  sensibly  cold,  ejecting  often  a  cold  mucus.  The 
bowels  are  habitually  constipated.  The  patient  is  nervous, 
irritable,  and  subject  to  great  depression  of  8}»irits.  In  this 
stage  or  phase  of  the  disease,  there  is  a  negative  condition  of 
the  digestive  apparatus  generally. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Treat  with  the  A  D  current,  in  mild 
force,  and  expect  the  case  to  require  considerable  time.  But, 
«ince  there  is  no  approach  to  uniforn'ity  among  patients,  no 
approximaiion  to  definite  time  can  be  stated.  Give  general 
tonio  treatment,  three  times  a  week,  and  close  each  sitting  with 
local  treatment,  having  P.  P.  at  the  coccyx,  and  manipulating 
some  live  minutes  with  N.  P.  over  the  entire  front  parts  of  the 
abdomen  and  thorax,  and  over  the  liver. 

It  is  sometimec  found,  in  old  cases,  that  there  is  no  sensible 
acidity  of  stomach;  but  ^pyroiis — a  burning  sensation  in  the 
atomach,  or  a  little  above,  in  what  is  usually  termed  "  the  pit 
of  the  stomach."  Treat  this  about  five  to  fifteen  minutes  with 
the  P.  P.,  strong  force;  moving  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the 
lower  dorsal  vertebrte. 


if  the  Btoinaoh. 
n  the  stomach, 

of  the  heart, 
HtoiuMch.  The 
ing. 

.  to  control  by 
1111(1  yet,  under 
nnrnt  to  yield. 
pn-.Hous,  and  at 
rit'd  treatment, 
ns  of  air,  ap- 
an<l  bowels,  or 

large  —  often 
^  acid,  and.  in 

mucus.  The 
lit  ih  nervous, 
iritd.  In  this 
ve  condition  of 

urrent,  in  mild 
le  time.  But, 
g  patients,  no 

Give  general 
ch  sitting  with 

manipulating 
wi  parts  of  the 

I  is  no  sensible 
jnsation  in  the 
rraed  "  the  pit 
I  minutes  with  ^ 
^ordf  over  the 


CI.EOTBICAL   UEDICATIOW.  115 

Mfili'iil  Trent  me  nt:—' 

This  diricaKe  ari»e8  from  three  cauHea.  First,  mental  depres- 
sion. 8econd,  an  excess  of  lactic  acid  in  the  pinmai  via.  Third, 
impairment  of  the  pneumogastric  nerve.  Treatment  in  the 
first  case:  out-door  exercise  and  brandy  l)cfore  each  meal. 
Treatment  in  second  case: 

9. — Aqua  regia Sj* 

Syrup  of  ginger 3j.  m. 

Sig. — Five  to  flfteeu  drops  in  a  wine  glass  full  of  water 
tw<!nty  minut<'8  before  each  meal.  Indicated  when  there  la 
indigestion,  loss  of  apjHitite,  and  heaviness  of  the  stomach. 
Aqua  regia  supplies  a  deficiency  of  chlorides.  It  is  also  a  tonic, 
and  stimulates  the  liver  and  kidneys. 

Treatment  in  the  thi»d  case: 

3. — Tinct.  nux  vomica ^. 

Sig. — Three  to  five  drops  in  a  tal^'espot^nful  of  water  before 
each  meal,  especially  when  there  is  sick  stomach  and  dizziness 
of  tho  head. 

9. — Hydrastin grs.  xxx. 

Simple  syrup ?vjjj. 

Muriate  tinct.  iron ^>  m. 

Sig. — Take  one  teaspoonful  in  water  three  times  a  day  be- 
fore meals.  Keep  the  bowels  regular  by  enemas  of  bran- 
water,  salt  and  water,  solution  of  epsom  salts,  etc.  Eat  ripe 
fruits,  figs,  etc. 

Jlomaeopathio  Treatment. — Nux.,  China,  Oarbo-veg. 

AODTE  DiARKHCKA. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  B  D  current.  Place  N".  P., 
long  cord,  upon  the  lumbar  vertebrae  and  sacrum,  moving  it 
often  along  the  spine,  from  a  position  opposite  to  the  umbili- 


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116  ELECTKICAL    MKDICATION. 

CU8  down  to  the  coccyx;  and  treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  ahdomen, 
and  more  especially  wherever  pain  or  sensationH  of  uneadiness 
appear.  In  severe  cases,  treat  several  times  in  a  day — once  in 
two  to  three  hours,  if  required  five  to  ten  minutes  at  a 
time.  Use  current  of  full  medium  strength,  if  the  patient 
can  bear  it. 

Jfed'ical  Treatment. — Flux  and  diarrhoea  compound.  The 
best  in  use. 

3 . — Comp.  spirits  lavender ^'v. 

Tinct.  rhei 3Jv. 

Tinct.  opii 3Jss. 

Oil  cinnamon crtt.  xxx.  ra. 

Sig. — For  an  adult,  one  teaspoonful  every  two  hours,  until 
relieved. 

Electricity,  when  properly  used,  is  the  most  effectual  remedy 
known.  Treatment. — One  application  of  electricity,  daily, 
according  to  directions  above,  and  one  teaspoonful  of  flux 
or  diarrhoea  compound,  morning,  noon  and  night.  A  desjjerate 
case  of  three  weeks  duration  cured  in  three  days. 

Chkonio  Diarrh(ea. 

Electrical  Treatment. — ^Take  A  D  current,  of  very  mild 
force.  Place  P.  P.  at  the  feet,  and  treat  with  N.  P.  over  the 
lower  limbs  hriefiy;  then  over  the  bowels  and  stomach,  both 
front  and  back,  some  five  to  fifteen  minutes;  then  pass  up  with 
N.  P.  over  the  anterior  parts  of  the  chest,  two  or  three  min- 
utes; and  next,  place  N.  P.  low  on  the  back  of  neck,  with  P. 
P.  still  at  feet,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  in  this  manner 
once  daily. 

If  at  any  time  the  bowels  should  become  unusually  flatulent, 
and  evacuations  should  increase  in  frequency,  change  the  treat- 
ment. Place  N.  P.  at  hack  of  neck,  as  before,  and  treat  about 
live  to  fifteen  minutes  with  P.  P.  (force  increased  to  moderate 


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ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION.  117 

current)  over  the  abdomen,  daily,  from  one  to  three  days,  as 
may  be  necessary.  After  this,  resume  treatment  as  first  above 
prescribed. 

I  cured  Governor  Yates  of  chronic  diarrhoea,  contracted  in 
the  army,  of  seven  years  standing  in  sixty  days,  under  the 
electrical  treatment.  A  few  months  after  he  was  cured  he 
stated  that  he  had  employed  the  best  physicians  on  the  conti- 
nent (so  considered),  to  treat  him  during  the  seven  years,  but 
without  avail.  He  seemed  to  be  astonished  that  there  was 
such  an  agent,  and  that  the  medical  profjssion  were  so  ignor- 
ant of  its  valuable  therapeutic  propertie?  or  power. 

Articles  used  for  chronic  diarrhosa:  Gallic  acid — dose,  three 
to  ten  grains;  Geranio,  Tanic  acid,  one  to  four  grains.  Sel- 
dom needed  with  treatment  named  above. 

ffomceopathio  Treatment. — ^Arsenicum,  Verat  alb.,  Mer- 
curius. 

OoLio.    {Of  whatever  Jdnd.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  pretty  strong 
force.  In  severe  cases,  introduce  the  rectum  instrument  N.  P. 
long  cord,  or  in  mild  cases,  place  sponge-roll  N.  P..  long  cord, 
at  coccyx,  and  treat  with  P.  P.  over  all  the  abdomen,  five  to 
ten  minutes.  It  may  be  repeated,  if  necessary,  in  thirty  min- 
utes. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

1^. — Chloroform 3x 

Opii  pulVis grs.  xvjjj. 

Capsicum  pulv 3js8.  . 

HoflEmau's  anodyne 3xv. 

A-lcohol ....  1 3xvjjj.  m. 

Sig. —  Five  to  ten  drops  every  fifteen  minutes,  according  to 
the  severity  of  the  case. 


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118 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


Colic  pictonum,  (lead  colic.) 

3. — Sulphuric   acid gtt  xxx. 

Aqua  pura !)•  i^i- 

Sig. — Ten  to  fifteen  drops  in  water,  three  to  eix  times  a  day, 
for  several  days.  During  the  time  Lobelia  emetics,  vapor 
baths,  and  mild  purgatives  should  be  given.  When  the  active 
stage  of  the  disease  has  passed,  give  vegetable  tonics,  wine, 
porter,  and  a  nutritious  diet. 

Homoeojpathio  Treatment. — Colocynth.  In  children,  Oham- 
omilla. 

Choleba.     (Malignant.) 

Electrical  Treatment — As  in  cholera  morbus,  keep  the 
patient  perfectly  quiet.  Use  A  D  current,  JhiU  medkim 
strength. 

In  the  early  stage,  or  during  the  "  rtce^cater "  discharges, 
and  down  to  thd  time  of  collapse,  treat  the  abdomen  and 
thorax  with  P.  P.  having  N.  P.,  long  cord,  on  back  of  neck, 
not  too  near  the  head.  After  treating  so  a  few  moments — 
say  five  to  ten  minutes — remove  P.  P.  to  the  back,  and  pass  it 
along  close  upon  each  side  of  the  spinous  processes  from  the 
lower  lumbar  up  to  about  the  middle  of  the  dorsal  vertebrae. 
Continue  this  about  five  to  ten  minutes. 

If  cramping  accompany  the  vomiting  and  purging,  carry 
the  P.  P,  a  part  of  the  time  to  the  muscles  in  spasm,  leaving 
N.  P.  still  at  the  back  of  neck,  with  long  cord. 

Repeat  the  above  processes  as  often  as  once  an  hour  until 
symptoms  improve.  Then  reduce  their  frequency  as  the  case 
will  admit  of. 

In  the  stage  of  collapse,  place  P.  P.,  long  cord,  at  the  coc- 
cyx, and  manipulate  with  N.  P.  over  the  entire  trunk  and 
arms,  bestowing  a  larger  share  of  treatment  along  the 
epine  than  elsewhere.     Then  remove  P.  P.,  long  cord,  to  feet, 


gtt    XXX. 

^'.  m. 

ix  times  a  day, 
emetics,  vapor 
'^lien  the  active 
B  tonics,  wine, 

hildren,  Oham- 


rbus,  keep  the 
full  medkim 

7'"  discharges, 
abdomen  and 
.  back  of  neck, 
few  moments — 
ick,  and  pass  it 
sesses  from  the 
orsal  vertebrae. 

pnrging,  carry 
spasm,  leaving 

}  an  hour  until 
icy  as  the  case 

9rd,  at  the  coc- 
ire  trunk  and 
nt  along  the 
7  cord,  to  feet, 


EI.ECTRIOAL    MEDICATION.  119 

and  work  with  N.  P.  all  over  the  lower  limba  and  hips.  Treat 
in  this  stage  of  the  disease  some  ten  to  tiftoen  minutes  at  a 
time,  and  repeat  it,  as  the  case  seems  to  demand,  once  in  thirty 
minutes  to  once  in  two,  four  or  six  hours,  until  improvement 
or  death  shall  ensue. 

5. — Ozonize  the  air  of  the  room  by  the  use  of  permanganate 
potassa  and  oxalic  acid,  equal  parts,  mixed  and  put  on  a  plate 
or  saucer;  add  a  few  drops  of  water,  and  cany  the  same 
around  the  room,  leaving  it  under  the  bed  of  the  patient,  liepeat 
the  ozonizing  three  or  four  times  a  day,  holding  the  dish  at 
arm's  length,  and  walking  so  ao  not  to  inhale  the  fumes,  except- 
ing as  mixed  with  the  air.  Or  the  air  may  be  impregnated 
with  bromine,  mixed  with  water,  or  a  solution  of  carbolic  acid 
or  with  ozone,  by  the  use  of  gas  and  a  Bunsen  burner. 

The  following  medicines  may  be  used  in  connection  with 
the  treatment  and  disinfectants. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Tinct.  galls  alleppo sjjss. 

Tinct.  opii sjjss. 

Spirits  camphor jjjsB. 

Ess.  peppermint Ij. 

Tinct.  tolu 3j. 

Chloroform 3j. 

Sig. — Twenty  to  sixty  drops  in  brandy  every  hour,  until  re- 
lieved. 

]^. — Gum  guaiac Ijj. 

Prickly  ash  berries ^'j. 

Gloves 3J' 

Cinnamon  bark ^'. 

Gum  camphor ?j. 

«     myrrh ^*.  , 

«     kino |es. 


•1* 


■■■tt 


~  —    -"^^'tr^giX 


120  ELEOTKIOAL   MEDICATION. 

Reduce  all  to  a  coarse  powder,  and  add  one  quart  pure 
brandy.  Le^  stand  ten  days  or  two  weeks  to  digest,  shalcing 
tlie  Ixjttle  two  or  three  times  a  day.     Strain  and  press  out. 

Add  oil  anise  3jj.,  oil  pepper  3jj.  to  alcoliol  ^jv.  Shake 
well  until  dissolved,  and  add  to  the  mixture. 

Sig. — One  or  two  teaspoonsful  every  five,  ten,  twenty  or  thir- 
ty miimtes.    In  mild  cases  one  teaspoonful  every  hour  or  two. 

IJ. — Chloroform 3jj. 

Tinct.  camphor 3jj. 

Tinct.  opii 3j'  m- 

Sig. — Ten  to  twenty  drops  every  twenty  or  thirty  minutes, 
as  the  case  may  be. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Eubini's  camphor,  Cuprum, 
Arsenicum,  and  Veratrum. 

Choleea  Infantum. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  or  A  D  current.  Apply 
P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and 
bowels,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet, 
N.  P.  over  the  limbs,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P. 
sponge-roll  to  the  coccyx,  N.  P.  over  the  bowels  and  back,  ten 
to  fifteen  minutes.  The  operator  and  assistant  may  take  the 
sponges  in  their  right  hands  and  apply  their  left  to  the  patient 
to  modify  the  current  so  as  to  make  it  bearable  to  the  patient. 
Repeat  the  treatment  every  six,  twelve  or  twenty-four  hours, 
giving  the  following: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Ammonia  aromatic  spirits gtt.  xv. 

Tinct.  catechu «    xv. 

Ess.  cinnamon «    xv. 

Ess.  anise ««    xv. 

Syrup,  simplex ^'.  m. 


■  H<''-t:- 


ELECTBICAL    MEDICATION. 


121 


ae  quart  pure 
ligest,  slialdng 
I  press  out. 
1  Ijv.     Shake 

twenty  or  thir- 
y  Lour  or  two. 

3jj- 
3jj. 
3j.  m. 

iliirty  minutes, 
hor,    Cuprum, 


irrent.  Apply 
i  stomach  and 
?.  to  the  feet, 
m  applj'  P.  P. 
i  and  back,  ten 
;  may  tiike  the 
to  the  patient 
to  the  patient, 
ty-four  hours. 


gtt. 

XV. 

(( 

XV. 

(( 

XV. 

(( 

XV. 

Hi)- 

m. 

gig. — Five  to  twenty  drops  every  half  hour,  on  loal*  sugar. 

^. — Beef's  gall 388. 

Brandy Sjv.  m. 

Sig. — One  to  two  drops  on  sugar,  every  four  hours. 

Bathe  the  body  with  brandy  in  the  early  stages  of  the  dis- 
ease, and  give  weak  ley,  in  small  doses.  J^or  a  tonic:  Give 
muriate  tinct.  ferri,  two  to  five  drops,  three  times  a  day,  in 
sweetened  water. 

Articles  generally  used  with  their  maximum  and  minimum 
doses:  Cannabis  indica,  gtt.  1  to  x;  Tinct.  camphor,  gtt.  v  to 
x;  Tinct.  n  x's  vomica,  gtt.  j  to  vj;  Tinct.  opii-champhorata 
and  Oleum  gaultheria. 

HomoRopathio  Treatment. — Camphor,  Arsenicum,  Cuprum, 
Yeratrum. 

Choleba  Morbus. 

Symptomatology. — ^The  attack  is  generally  sudden.  The 
patient  is  seized  with  vomiting  and  diarrhoea,  griping  pains  in 
the  bowels,  tenesmus,  and  cramps  in  the  lower  extremities. 
There  is  prostration  and  thirst.  The  pulse  is  frequent  and 
small. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Keep  the  patient  quiet  as  possible  on 
his  back.  Use  A  D  current,  strong  force.  Place  N.  P.,  long 
cord,  at  coccyx,  and  treat  with  P.  P.  over  abdomen,  five  to  ten 
minutes,  and  repeat,  if  necessary,  in  thirty  to  sixty  minutes. 
If  there  be  cramps,  touch  the  contracted  muscles  with  the  P. 
P.,  for  a  few  moments,  without  disturbing  N.  P. 

Apply  P.  P.  to  the  nerve  centers  between  the  shoulders,  N. 
P.  over  the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes. 

Medical  Treatment: — 


3- 


-Neutralizing  cordial 

Tinct.  of  prickly  ash  berries , 


'f.it.,;#  ;•(>>/■  ^ 


122  ELECTKIOAL   MEDICATION. 

Sig. — Thirty  to  sixty  drops  every  fifteen  to  thirty  minutes, 
till  vomiting  and  purging  cease. 

3- — Pulverized  camphor grs.  x. 

"  capsicum grs.  xv. 

Oil  peppermint gtt.  jjj. 

Morphine grg.  j. 

Mix  thoroughly;  divide  into  ten  powders,  and  give  one 
every  half  hour.  The  diet  should  consist  of  rice,  eggs,  broiled 
beef,  or  the  essence  of  beef.  Avoid  exposure  to  the  sun  and 
violent  exercise  until  completely  recovered. 

HommojpatUo  Treatment. — Rubini's  Champhor,  Aconite, 
Cuprum. 

Dtsenteby. 

Sifmptomatology. — Dysentery  is  characterized  by  frequent 
desire  to  go  .to  stool,  soreness  and  a  feeling  of  weight  in  the 
lower  part  of  the  bowels.  The  diarrhoea  is  of  a  mucus  char- 
acter, tinged  or  streaked  with  blood.  The  pain  and  tenesmus 
inci eases,  the  skin  becomes  hot  and  dry,  the  temperature  ele- 
vated, sometimes  pain  in  passing  the  urine,  which  is  scanty  and 
colored.  The  tongue  is  coated  and  of  a  light  color,  which 
soon  changes  to  u  dark  brown.  Brain  symptoms  sometimes 
show  themselves  in  children  and  young  subjects,  and  gravely 
complicate  the  treatment. 

Treat  exactly  as  in  aovte  diarrhoea,  except  that  P.  P.  should 
be  moved  more  over  the  colon  and  rectum  than  in  diarrhoea. 

Medical  Treatment. — Give  an  emetic  of  ipecac  or  lobelia, 
if  indicated. 

3- — ^Podophyllin  . , grs.  x. 

Neutralizing  mixt ^jjj. 

Pulvis  acacia grs.  x. 

Sig. — Mix  and  give  one  teaspoonful  every  half  hour  until 


mm 


ELEOTBIOAL   MEDICATIOW. 


123 


thirty  minutes, 

grs.  X. 
grs.  XV. 

g"-  jjj- 
g''8-  j. 

and  give  one 
e,  eggs,  broiled 
to  tlie  sun  and 

phor,  Aconite, 


ed  by  frequent 
weight  in  the 
a  mucus  char- 
i  and  tenesmus 
jmperature  ele- 
sh  is  scanty  and 
it  color,  which 
)m8  sometimes 
ts,  and  gravely 

It  P.  P.  should 
n  in  diarrhoea, 
cac  or  lobelia, 

gl'S,  X. 

f"  ••• 

3JJJ. 
grs.  X. 

lalf  hour  until 


free  catharsis  is  produced.     Afterwards  give  the  following  an- 
tiperiodic  : 

3. — Chloride  sodium 3j. 

Quinine gn.  x. 

Oil  gaultheria gtt.  vj.  m. 

Sig. — Triturate,  divide  into  ten  powders,  and  give  one  every 
two  or  three  hours  until  all  are  taken,  if  required. 

3- — Rhei  pulvis 3j. 

Sod(B  bicnrbonas grs.  z. 

Oleum  anisi gtt.  vjjj. 

Saccharum  alba 3j. 

Aqua  bulliens I'jjj'  ™' 

Sig.-  -One  teaspoonful  every  three  hours  until  the  discharges 
change  to  yellow. 

Homceojtathio  Treatment. — Merc,  sol.,  Arsenicum. 
Constipation  of  the  Bowkm. 

Symptomatology. — This  disease  may  proceed  from  either  a 
ncfjatloe  condition — a  state  of  atony  from  lack  of  nutrition,  or 
&  partial  paralysis  of  the  bowels — or  from  a  poaiti/ve  condi- 
tion— a  state  of  relaxation  and  consequent  weakness  of  the 
muscular  tissues  of  the  bowels.  In  either  of  these  cases,  the 
peristaltic  action  of  the  intestines  becomes  enfeebled,  and  con- 
stipation ensues. 

Electrical  Treatment. — In  either  case,  use  the  A  D  current, 
of  medium  force.  In  the  first-mentioned  case,  place  P.  P.  at 
back  of  neck,  or  in  the  mouth  with  tongue  instrument,  and 
treat  with  N.  P.  over  liver,  stomach  and  bowels ;  or  place  N. 
P.  at  the  anus.    Treat  five  to  ten  minutes. 

In  the  second-specified  case,  place  N.  P.  at  back  of  neck  or 
on  the  dorsal  vertebrae,  and  treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  bowels 
five  to  eight  minutes. 


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:''/m 


,,w„. 


124 


KLECrRICAL.    MKDICATIUK. 


In  both  cnses,  repeat  the  treatment  daily  until  relief  is 
afforded.  Or,  if  the  case  bo  chronic,  treat  daily  for  three  or 
four  days,  and,  after  that,  three  times  a  week.  It  is  well 
also  to  give  general  tonic  treatment  as  often  as  once  a  week. 
The  patient  should  be  urged  to  retire  and  invite  an  evacuation 
regularly,  about  the  same  hour  daily,  whether  success  attend  it 
or  not.  Enemas  or  soap-suds  may  be  given  to  remove  foecal 
matter. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3 . — Pilulae  hydrargyri 3 

Aloes  pulvis v)88 

Capsicum grs.  jv. 

Colocynth  comp grs.  xxx.  m. 

Fiat  pilulse  No.  20. 

Sig. — One  pill  night  and  morning. 

3. — Ext.  belladonna gra.  rj. 

Ext.  gentian grs.  xvjjj.  m. 

Make  eighteen  pills. 

Sig. — One  to  four  before  breakfast,  until  corrected. 

Homosopathio  Treatment. — Nux,  Bryonia  and  Sulphur. 

HcEMOKRHOIDS.       {PHeS.) 

Symptomatology. — Small  reddish  tumors  found  within  and 
around  the  anus.  They  are  divided  into  two  classes,  internal 
and  external.  External  when  outside  of  the  anus,  internal 
when  situated  within  the  anus.  They  sometimes  bleed,  and 
are  then  called  bleeding  piles.  When  the  patient  is  of  a  scrof- 
ulous or  tuberculous  diathesis,  piles  may  terminate  in  fistula; 
in  some  cases  they  cause  constitutional  disturbance,  headache, 
loss  of  appetite,  debility,  etc. 

Electrical  Treatm^nt.-^li  the  case  be  recent,  take  the  B  D 
current;  if  old,  take  A  D.     Place  the  patient  in  a  recumbent 


M 


until  relief  is 
\y  for  three  or 
ek.  It  IB  well 
lis  orico  a  week. 
e  an  evacuation 
uccess  attend  it 
to  remove  foecal 


3. 
^ss 

grs.  jv. 
grs.  XXX.  m. 


.  grs.  vj. 

•  grs.xvjlij.m. 

rected. 
id  Sulphur. 


and  within  and 
slasses,  internal 
anus,  internal 
mes  bleed,  and 
tit  is  of  a  scrof- 
late  in  fistula; 
mce.  headache, 

take  the  B  D 
n  a  recumbent 


ELEOTRIOAL   MKDIOATIGN.  126 

po^*ition,  and  let  the  rectum  instrument,  P.  P.,  be  introduced, 
wet.  Manipulate  with  N.  P.  along  the  spine  upon  the  dorsal 
vertebrae,  Where  there  is  jyrolapaua  ani,  the  sponge-roll, 
placed  at  the  aniis,  may  be  used  instead  of  the  rectum  instru- 
ment, particularly  for  the  first  few  treatments.  Treat  once  a 
day  or  every  other  day.      ' 

Medical  Treatment: — 

IJ . — Fluid  extract  ergot |j. 

Aqua  roBffi oj. 

Inject  one-half  to  one  ounce  af>,er  each  evacuation  of  the 
bowels. 

]9. — Sulphur grs.  zv. 

Cream  tartar 3j. 

Cane  molasses Syjjj- 

Holland  gin I^jjj'  i^* 

Sig. — From  one  tea  to  one  tablespoonful,  three  times  a  day 
— well  shaken  before  taken. 
Ointment  for  same : 

IJ . — Tannin 3j. 

Cosmoline,  or  axungia Jj. 

Sulphate  zinc grs.  vj.  m. 

Apply  after  each  movement  of  the  bowels.  If  the  hoem- 
orrhoids  are  confined  to  the  upper  portion  of  the  rectum,  and 
are  accompanied  with  hemorrhage,  from  five  to  ten  drops  of 
the  oil  of  erigeron  should  be  taken  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

H. — Oleum  erigeron. 3j. 

Axungia |j. 

Potassa  nitratis  pulvis 3j. 

Acidum  tannicum grs.  z. 

Mix  the  lard,  potassa  and  tannin  thoroughly,  dissolving  the 
potassa;  then  add  the  oleum  erigeron — mixing  it  well.     Put 


«■ 


m: 


12fi  Kr.KCTKICAf-    MKDICATION 

into  large-moiitlied  vials  for  use.  Anoint  the  piirts  after  e>ich 
evacuation  of  the  howels.  The  buwolfl  sliuuld  bo  cvacuaLed  by 
means  of  water  enemas.  Apply  the  ointment  before  retiring. 
Let  fruit  enter  largely  into  the  diet. 

Ilomoeopathio  Treatment. — Haraamelis  cerate  or  Aesculug 
cerate. 

EiiKUKATisM.     {Chronio.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  A  D  current  aheaya  in 
rhcunuitic  affections.  If  there  be  no  visible  inflamnmtion  or 
fiwelling  in  the  diseased  parts,  approach  such  parts  in  the  same 
manner  as  in  acute  inflammatory  rheumatism,  except  with 
reversed  poles.  The  parts  affected  require  to  come  under  the 
X.  I',  rather  than  the  P.  P.,  and  to  be  treated  with  consider- 
'ihle  force. 

Where  joints  are  being  dislocated,  treat  the  parts  with  K 
P.,  quite  mild  force,  so  long  as  it  can  be  done  without  exciting 
acute  inflammation.  If  this  should  arise,  it  must  be  repressed 
with  P.  P. 

Treat  chronic  rheumatism  about  three  to  six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

B- — Tinct.  gum  guaiac |jv. 

Holland  gin ^v.  m. 

Sig.— One  to  two  teaspoonsful  in  water  or  milk,  three  or 
lOur  times  a  day. 

Liniment : 

IJ. — Oil  lini k; 

Oil  origanum , ?gg. 

Spirits  turpentine ?jj. 

Alcohol , «i\ 

Spirits  ammonia. Ijsa.  m. 


)iirt8  utter  eiich 
0  ovacmitod  by 
before  retiring. 

9  or  Aescului 


!nt  ahjoaya  in 
Qiimiimtion  or 
ts  in  the  same 
,  except  with 
5me  under  the 
with  consider- 

parte  with  N. 
thout  exciting 
t  be  repressed 

times  a  week. 


^>.  m. 
ailk,  three  or 


Sss. 
Ijss.  m. 


Er.KcruioAr,  mkdication.  127 

A|>|>Iy  to  tl»o  parts  ftffecto<l  two  or  thr«*e  tirnt's  a  iliiy.  Tl«>in- 
iMlics  under  the  bend  of  iicntc  rheumatism  may  alno  be  used. 
Tlie  tollowiiijLj  is  the  most  simpio,  yet  the  nioHt  effectual  niedt> 
cine  tliat  I  have  employed  in  my  2)ractice  for  rheumatism: 

3. — Sulpluir  flowers 5j-  to  jj. 

Syntpus  fH8cus,(New  Orleans  molasses, 

.   •         dark  color) 5^'jjj' 

Whiskey S^jjj-  ™' 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  tablespoonful  three  or  four  times  a 
day. 

Hoinceojpathio  Treatment. — Rhus.,  Bryonia,  Aconite,  Cimi- 
cifuga. 

AoDTE  Inflammatory  Rueumatism. 

Symptomatology. — Generally  manifests  itself  by  chills, 
fever  and  thirst;  the  pulse  is  quickened  and  the  temperature 
elevated;  the  joints  swell  and  are  very  painful,  and  have  a  red 
inflamed  appearance;  movements  of  the  affected  limb  causes 
great  pain;  the  tongue  is  coated  with  a  thick,  white  fur;  the 
urine  is  high  colored  and  ^Qvy  scanty;  the  bowels  are  con- 
stipated. 

Electrical  Treatment. — First  ascertain  if  the  kidneys  be 
morbidly  positive — urine  scanty  and  too  highly  colored.  If  so, 
as  is  commonly  the  case,  begin  with  the  B  D  current,  good 
inedJiim  force.  Place  N.  P.  at  the  pelvis,  and  treat  over  the 
kidneys  with  P.  P.  flve  to  fifteen  minutes.  Let  this  be  the 
commencement  of  every  treatment  until  this  difficulty  is  cor- 
rected. Also  apply  !N.  P.  to  the  feet,  or  between  the  knees. 
P.  P.  over  the  kidneys  five  to  ten  minutes. 

Next,  change  to  A  D  current.  If  the  disease  be  located  in 
the  hips  or  lower  limbs,  put  the  feet  in  warm  water  with  the 
tin  electrode  N.  P.,  or  place  the  sponge-roll  N.  P.  at  the  soles 
of  the  feet,  and  treat  with  P.  P.  upon  and  a  little  above  the 


s 


I 


:.-*; 


1 


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ii*ij 


M 


«liilt*i*B(9<e*— ^r^=r 


128 


ELEOTKICAr,    MKDirATIUX, 


iiflV'ct»'(l  jmrtK;  uKirij;:  such  force  of  onrreiit  n»  tlippiitiiTitciui  h(>ar. 
The  piiin  will  coin  iioiily  siihrtidu  under  trcutiiuMit.  If  the 
disttiiHO  bti  at}  luw  ao  Uie  Hiiklod  ur  feet,  use  the  long  cord  v/ith 
N.  P. 

If  the  8li(iulder8,  ftrins  or  hiiiids  bo  affocted,  treat  them  on 
the  same  j)rincii)l<'H  aH  are  pn^scribed  for  the  lower  limbs;  using 
the  lon(/  cord  with  N.  P.  when  the  disease  is  below  the  elbows. 

When  the  disease  is  in  the  bauds  or  feet,  or  near  to  tiiera, 
if  the  shoulders  or  hips  be  not  involved,  it  is  often  necessary, 
after  three  or  four  treatments  as  above  described,  to  reverse  the 
poles  for  a  few  moments,  giving  an  ascending  current;  but 
still  using  the  long  cord  with  N.  P. 

If  the  disease  bo  located  anywhere  in  the  trunk,  neck  or 
head,  treat  the  affected  part  with  P.  P.,  placing  N.  P.  on  some 
adjacent  part  of  tlie  spine,  and  usually  at  a  point  somewhat 
lower  down  tlum  the  disease. 

For  acute  iiitlammatory  rheumatism,  treat  two  or  three  times 
a  day.  The  length  of  time  for  each  treatment  must  depend 
on  the  hjcation  and  extent  of  the  affected  part  or  parts.  In 
this  matter,  the  practitioner  must  decide  for  himself,  or  infer 
from  the  time  prescribed  in  the  treatment  of  other  inflamma- 
tory affections. 

Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the  inflamed  joint.  N. 
P.,  long  cord ^  oj)posite  mild  force;  increase  as  the  inflamma- 
tion decreases,  from  time  to  time,  until  you  have  controlled  the 
inflammation.  If  there  is  a  high  state  of  inflammatory  action 
with  fever,  etc.,  apply  P.  P.  nected  with  the  tongue  instru- 
ment to  the  tongue.  The  part  applied  to  the  tongue  may  be 
wrapped  with  muslin  and  moistened  before  applying,  which 
will  render  it  more  endurable  and  enable  the  operator  to  use 
greater  force  over  the  body  if  desired.  Apply  N".  P.,  long 
cord,  all  over  the  body,  -W^orking  downwardly  to  the  feet,  until 
there  is  a  marked  change  in  the  temperature  and  feelings  of 
the  patient.     Treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes.    This  treatment  is 


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'low  tho  olhowfl. 
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trunk,  neck  or 
J  N.  P.  on  some 
point  somewhat 

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atlmirtsible    in    all    general    inflammatory   conditions   of    tlio 
Bystetn. 

Kepoat  the  treatment  from  one  to  three  times  a  week  or 
oftener,  should  the  inHiimmatory  action  reappear.  A  tonic 
trcittinent  may  bo  given  for  a  few  moments  occasionally,  to 
equalize  and  harmonize  tho  circulatory  forces. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Ilamamelis  in  decoction Fl.  Jj.  2 

every  two  liours  alternately,  with 

1). — Tin«.t.  cimicifuga  rac §  ss. 

Tinct.  colchiciim  sem ^  bb.  m. 

Sig. — Ten  to  twenty  drops. 

9. — Iodide  potassa ^  ss. 

Holland  gin oj. 

Slg. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

3- — Propylamin gtt.  xx. 

Aqua  menth.  pip 5jj'  ™' 

Sig. — One  tablespoonful  every  two  hours  if  acute.  If 
cnronic,  same  dose  three  times  a  day. 

Topically. — Vinegar,  poultices  of  elm  powder,  flaxseed 
meal,  plantain  leaves,  etc. 

Cathartics, — Podophyllin,  Leptandrin,  Taraxicum,  Sulphate 
soda,  Epsom  salts,  Citrate  magnesia,  Comp.  syrup  rhei  et 
genna. 

3. — Flowers  sulphur f ss. 

Molasses ^'v. 

Whisky ^"v.  m. 

Sig. — One  dessert  spoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Ehus.  and  bryonia,  alternately. 
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ELECTBICAL    MLDICATION. 


Ascites.     {Dropsy  of  the  Ahdomen) 

Symptomatology. — Ascites  may  be  dependent  on  disease  of 
tlie  kidneys,  heart  or  liver,  known  by  swelling  of  the  bowels,  and 
ii  sense  of  fluctuation  to  the  hand  when  rightly  applied  to  the  ab- 
domen. The  breathing  is  difficult;  the  bowels  constipated;  urine 
high-colored  and  scanty;  the  face  heavy  looking  and  bloated; 
skin  dry  s.nd  of  a  peculiar  dirty  sallow  appearance.  There  is 
ii  dry,  hacking  cough,  and  sometimes  low  fever.  As  the  dis- 
ease advances,  the  patient  can  only  get  ease  in  a  sitting  post- 
ure. A  Ibnmeu  will  be  found  in  the  urine  in  nearly  all  cases 
of  abdominal  dropsy. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  A  D  current,  moderate 
force.  Give  general  tonio  treatment;  then  place  P.  P.  witli 
the  feet  in  a  vessel  of  warm  water,  or  place  the  sponge-roll  P. 
P.  at  'Jie  soles  of  the  feet,  and  treat  the  affected  parts  a  lew 
minutes  with  N.  P.,  to  quicken  the  absorbents.  If  the  disease 
be  in  the  feet  or  lower  limbs,  use  long  cord  with  P.  P.  while 
treating  them.  Next,  plactt  N.  P.  upon  the  lower  part  of  the 
bladder,  or,  what  is  better,  immediately  below  the  pubic  artic- 
ulation, and  treat  over  the  kidneys  five  to  twenty  minutes  with 
P.  P.     Repeat  the  treatraont  about  three  to  six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment. — Keep  up  an  action  of  the  bowels  with 
the  following  : 

3. — ^Extract  colocynth  cor  .p 

"       leptandrin 

"       mandrake 

Gamboge  pulv 

Soc.  aloes 

Rhei 

Oleum  mentha  pip gtt.  xv.  m. 

Fiat  pilulsB  No.  120. 

Take  from  two  to  four  every  night.    Take  in  addition,  one 


^  3SS. 


ent  on  disease  of 
i'  the  bowels,  and 
ipplied  to  the  ab- 
Dnstipated;  urine 
ng  and  bloated; 
ranee.  There  is 
er.  As  the  dis- 
n  a  Bitting  post- 
i  nearly  all  cases 

irrent,  moderate 
place  P.  P.  witlj 
le  sponge-roll  P. 
jcted  parts  a  i\\v 
s.  If  the  disease 
with  P.  P.  while 
ower  part  of  the 
r  the  pubic  artic- 
nty  minutes  with 
3ix  times  a  week. 

■  the  bowels  with 


a&  3ss. 

. .  gtt.  XV.  m. 
in  addition,  one 


ELECTRIOAL   MEDIO A.TION.  131 

or  two  pills  of  elaterium  (Clutterback's  -^  grain),  every  morn- 
ing if  the  patient  can  bear  it,  until  all  dropsical  appearances 
have  disappeared.  There  are  patients  who  cannot  take  the 
pills  oftener  than  once  or  twice  a  week,  but  can,  and  should 
take  the  electrical  treatment  daily  to  strengthen,  and  pre- 
vent a  recurrence  of  the  disease  when  the  course  is  com- 
pleted. Permit  no  relapses  if  you  wish  to  succeed  in  curing 
the  patient.  This  will  remove  five  gallons  of  fluids  in  sixty 
hours  (if  the  patient  can  spare  and  bear  it).  Bandage  the 
limbs  daily  (should  they  be  swolen),  or  have  the  patient  wear 
silk  elastic  stockings.  Use  also,  mineral  and  vegetable  tonics, 
such  as  Tinct.  ferri,  the  barks,  etc. 

3. — Tinct.  cinchona  comp ^j. 

Nitro  muriatic  acid 3j. 

Simple  syrup ^j.  ni. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day. 

5. — Tinct.  cinchona ^'v. 

Iodide  potassa 3j.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  after  each  meal.  I  have,  and  shall 
grade  the  prescriptions  to  teaspoonful  d-.  "S  generally,  as  per- 
sons would  be  less  liable  to  make  mist^'Kcs.  The  following 
may  also  be  used : 

51. — Potassa  bi  tartrate ^jss. 

Sulph,  potassa |ss. 

Squills  pulv 3jj. 

Tartrate  antimony grs.  jj.  m. 

Sig. — One  small  teaspoonful  every  three  hours  in  one-third 
of  a  glass  of  water.  Only  three  doses  each  day  during  two 
days,  and  rest  one.  On  the  day  off,  give  quinine  every  three 
hours,  and  one  teaspoonful  of  the  spirits  of  nitre  with  one-half 
teaspoonful  of  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia,  every  four  hours 
in  water.    Give  brandy  freely;  light  nourishing  food,  essence 


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132 


ELECTRICAL    MKDICATION. 


of  beef,     liuudage  the  waist  and  bowels,  and  tighten  eacli  day 
as  the  water  recedes. 

Ovarian  Dropsy. — Use  A  D  or  A  E  current;  introduce  the 
uterine  electrode  X.  P.  Apply  P.  P.  over  the  tumor,  ten  to 
thirty  minutes.  Treat  every  other  day  with  reversed  currents. 
If  at  any  time  the  parts  become  very  sore  and  inflamed,  use 
B  D  current,  with  N.  P.,  long  cord  attached  to  the  uterine 
electrode,  or  N.  1'.  sponge-roll  between  the  illii,  P.  P.  over  the 
abdomen.  Use  remedies  prescribed  for  dropsy;  one  or  another 
of  them. 

J^. — Digitalis  leaves  (green  in  color) grs.  jjj. 

Add  to  one  teacupful  of  boiling  water;  cover,  and  let  stand 
until  cold;  strain,  take  one-third  at  a  dose  on  retiring  until 
three  doses  have  been  taken.  Use  with  medicines  prescribed, 
one  or  another  of  them  alternately,  as  indicated. 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Apis,  Apocynum;  (from  heart) 

Digitalis. 

Neuralgia. 

Sijrnptomatology. — A  sharp  cutting  pain,  following  the 
ctjurse  of  the  nerves  of  the  body,  generally  of  an  intermittent 
character.  In  many  cases  there  is  more  or  less  constitutional 
disturbance;  the  urine  is  scanty  and  high  colored,  the  tongue 
coated,  the  liver  torpid,  the  bowels  constipated  and  the  patient 
anemic. 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  the  disease  be  general  in  the  sys- 
tem, moving  from  place  to  place,  or  causing  transient  acute 
pains  here  and  there,  give  general  tonic  treatment,  three  times 
a  week,  for  several  weeks — perhaps  a  month  or  two,  provided 
the  case  be  an  old  one.  This  will  invigorate  the  nervous  sys- 
tem and  equalize  the  electric  action.  Relief  will  be  afforded 
soon;  but  for  the  sake  of  oure^  the  treatment  of  an  old  case 
should  be  cttntinued  as  here  directed.  If  the  disease  be  local., 
use  the  B  D  current,  with  as  much  force  as  the  patient  can 


ightcn  each  day 

t;  introduce  the 
Q  tumor,  ten  to 
versed  currents, 
id  inflamed,  use 
to  the  uterine 
i,  P.  P.  over  the 
;  one  or  another 

er,  and  let  stand 
>n  retiring  until 
cines  prescribed, 
id. 

m;  (from  heart) 


1,  following  the 
:'  an  intermittent 
jss  constitutional 
lored,  the  tongue 
i  and  the  patient 

eneral  in  the  sys- 
;  transient  acute 
nent,  three  times 
or  two,  provided 

the  nervous  sys- 
'will  be  afforded 
t  of  an  old  case 
!  disease  be  local, 

the  patient  can 


BT.EOTBIOAL   MEDICATION.  133 

bear  without  irritating  painfulness.  Treat  the  affected  part, 
or  parts,  with  P.  P.,  placing  N.  P.,  long  cord,  upon  some  ap- 
proximate healthy  part,  at  a  point  a  little  lower  down  than  the 
part  in  pain.  The  spine,  when  convenient,  is  commonly  the 
best  point  for  it.  In  treating  the  painful  part,  pass  the  elec- 
trode more  or  less  also  over  the  nerves  adjacent  to  the  one 
principally  affected.   Treat  five  to  twenty  minutes  daily. 

Or  in  addition  to  the  above  treatment  it  may  be  advisable 
to  give  the  inward  and  outward  treatment  occasionally.  B  D 
current,  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  ind  limbs 
ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Use  cords  of  equal  length.  Conclude 
by  giving  a  tonic  treatment  as  directed  in  another  part  of  the 
work. 

Medical  Treatment. — Neuralgia  of  the  stomach. 

3. — Iodoform  grs.  xxx. 

Ext.  nux  vomica grs.  xz. 

Ext.  gentian qs.  m. 

Fiat  pilulsB  No.  40. 

Sig. — Give  one  pill  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Neuralgia  of  the  head,  face,  etc. 

]^. — Aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia. .......  Jj 

Sig. — Ten  to  thirty  drops  in  water  before  meals. 
Neuralgia  Liniment. 

Ic^. — Chloroform fss 

Aqua  ammonia 4  F.  ^ss. 

Tinct.  camphor  made  by  U.  S.  D . . . .   ^jj.  m. 

Moisten  a  linen  cloth  and  apply  to  the  parts  affected.    iVlso 
inhale  through  the  nose. 

3. — Chloroform |] 

Gum   camphor Sjj-  m. 

Apply  to  parts  affected. 


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ELEOTBIOAL   HEDIOATIOK. 


J't 


Neuralgia  general: 

5. — Bellador.na grs.  v 

Stramonium "  vj. 

Cannabis  indica "  vj. 

Aconite "  v. 

Opii «  X. 

Hyoscyami "  xv. 

Pulv.  glycyrrhiza "  qs.  m. 

Fiat  Pilulaj  No.  60. 

gig. — One  pill  once  or  twice  a  day. 

HomcBopathio  Treatment. — ^Aconite,  Bryonia,  Spigelia, 
Tine.  val. 

Trismus.     {Loclcjaw^ 

Symptomatology. — Difficulty  of  swallowing,  stiffness  in  the 
back  of  the  neck,  rigidity  of  the  muscles  of  lower  jaw  and 
Bpine.     In  some  Ciises  all  the  muscles  of  the  body  are  involved. 

Electrical  Treatment. — For  traumatic  trismus,  use  the  B 
D  current,  of  vigorous  force.  Let  the  wound  be  kept  open 
and  clear,  except  that  soothing  emollients  may  be  applied. 
Place  N.  P.  at  the  coccyx,  or  near  it  on  the  spine;  and  then 
treat,  by  firm  but  momentary  touches  of  the  P.  P.,  over  the 
lower  maxmillary — pterygoid — muscles  and  nerves;  indeed, 
over  the  entire  lower  jaw  and  its  articulations.  Treat  five  to 
ten  minutes,  if  necessary,  or  until  the  jaws  relax. 

Also  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  neck,  chest, 
spine  and  bowels,  also  to  the  limbs.  Time  for  the  general 
manipulations  twenty  to  forty  minutes.  Treat  three  to  six 
cimes  a  day  for  a  day  or  two,  to  neutralize  and  destroy  the 
irritation  of  the  nervous  system.  The  head  should  also  be 
treated  as  directed  in  delirium  of  typhoid  fever.  Use  A  B, 
A  C  or  A  D.     Then  treat  eveiy  day,  or  every  second  day. 

Medical  Treatment. — Tinct.  lobelia  administered  in  small 
doses  every  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  with  warm  ginger  tea 


EI.KCTRIOAL   MEDICATION. 


135 


may  he  given.  Or  Tinct.  cnnnabis-iiidica  in  five  to  ten  droj> 
close»i  every  two  to  three  hours,  Spiritns  fru?nenti  with  small 
quantities  of  Tinct.  aconite  should  be  used  for  sponging  the 
body  two  or  three  times  a  day.  Mild  cathartics  or  enemas  to 
regulate  the  bowels.  Or  Sss.  of  tobacco  added  to  one  pint 
water,  and  make  infusion.  Inject  every  two  or  three  hours 
until  a.depressing  efl'ect  is  produced. 

Common  Cramp. 

Symptomatology. — Although  either  the  positive  or  the  ne- 
gative pole,  applied  to  the  healthy  muscle,  may  produce  spas- 
modic contraction,  yet  the  negative  pole  contracts  much  more 
powerfully  than  the  positive — a  fact  which  shows  an  electrically 
pins  condition  in  the  nerves  and  muscles  involved.  Yet  we 
know  that  cramps  are  more  apt  to  attend  a  low  condition  of 
general  vitality  in  the  system  than  the  opposite.  From  sevcival 
considerations,  which  cannot  be  detailed  liere,  I  am  led  to  think 
that  cramps  are  produced,  generally,  at  least,  by  a  temporary 
or  spasmodic  reaction  of  the  electro-vital  force  from  an  im- 
properly negative  to  an  excessively  positive  state  in  the  parts 
affected. 

Electrial  Treatment. — My  practice  is,  when  the  spasm 
is  on,  to  treat  the  parts  in  cramp  by  momentary  touches  rapidly 
repeated,  with  the  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  or  A  D  current,  good 
medium  force,  placing  N.  P.  at  the  back  of  neck,  if  the  dis- 
turbance be  in  an  arm ;  or  at  the  coccyx,  if  it  be  in  the  leg  or 
in  the  abdomen  or  cheat. 

In  treating  parts  subject  to  cramp  while  the  spasm  is  not  on, 
give  them,  along  with  other  parts  of  the  syst/Cm,  general  tonio 
treatment.  This  elevates  and  equalizes  the  electro-vital  action, 
and  relieves  the  dilBculty.  If  in  the  stomach  apply  P,  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  ovei-  the  stomach  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes. 

If  there  is  cramp  in  the  limbs  anywhere,  apply  P.  P.  of  the 


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130  ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 

A  I)  or  A  E  current  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  affected 
part,  Huil  beyond  the  same,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Then  npply 
P.  P.  to  the  spine  between  the  shoulders  (upper  pari),  N.  P. 
over  the  bixly  and  limb,  or  limbs,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Con- 
clude by  giving  tonic  treatment  as  usual.  If  in  the  stomach 
treat  by  applying  JP.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over 
the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  It  may 
be  advisable  to  treat  as  first  directed  in  some  cases  or  condi- 
tions of  cramp.  If  the  first  does  not  succeed  treat  as  directed 
here. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Linseed  oil ^. 

Essence  peppermint ^'. 

Tinct.  opii ^'. 

Spirits  camphor ?]•  ^a- 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  every  fifteen  to  thirty 
minutes. 

lIom(Bopathic  Treatment. — Eubini's  Camphor  pills. 

Tetanus. 

Symptomatology. — This  is  substantially  the  same  thing  as 
trtsmuit,  except  that  it  extends  to  other  parts,  and  often  to 
nearly  all  the  muscles  of  the  organism.  Under  ordinary 
treatment,  it  is  almost  invariably  fatal.  I  am  not  aware  that 
it  has  been  sufficiently  submitted  to  our  electrical  system  to 
determine  satisfactorily  the  question  of  its  amenability  to  it. 
Yet  I  see  no  reason  to  doubt  that,  in  the  most  cases,  when 
taken  within  reasonable  time,  it  may  be  cured. 

Electrical  Treatment.— T!ie,e  the  B  D  current,  in  pretty 
strong  force.  Place  the  N.  P.,  long  cord,  at  the  feet,  and  treat 
with  P.  P.  from  the  medulla  oblongata,  or  from  the  upper 
cervical  vertebrae,  all  along  down  the  spine,  for  several  min- 
ates — say,  five  to  ten  minutes.     Then  pass  with  P.  P.  over  the 


ELEC3TUICAL    MEDICATION. 


137 


the  affected 
B8.  Then  npply 
er  part),  N.  P. 
minutes.  Con- 
n  tlie  stomach 
ck,  N.  P.  over 
lutes.  It  maj 
cases  or  condi- 
•eat  as  directed 


3r  pills. 


same  thing  as 
!,  and  often  to 
nder  ordinary 
not  aware  that 
ical  system  to 
inability  to  it. 
Jt  cases,  when 

ent,  in  pretty 
feet,  and  treat 
•m  tlie  upper 
•  several  min- 
P.  P.  over  the 


whole  trunk  and  liinl)8.     Continue  to  treat  until  relaxation 
takes  place,  or  all  hope  of  relief  de^>art8 

Inward  and  outward  treatment  may  also  be  given  with  the 
above.  Apply  P.  P,  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  and 
limbs,  twenty  to  forty  ininutes.  When  relaxation  ensues, 
tonic  treatment  should  be  given  every  day  or  two;  or  this  treat- 
ment may  be  alternated  every  day  or  two  with  first  given. 

Medic'M  Treatment: — 5.  Beef  gall  should  be  applied 
constantly  to  the  wound  if  caused  by  one. 

Ekuitivk  Cutaneous  Diseases. 

Electrical  Treatment. — ^Take  the  A  D  current,  pretty  vig- 
oroita  force  in  acute  cases;  mild  in  chronic  affectiong.  If  the 
eruption  l>e  inflamed  and  acute,  use  long  cord  with  N.  P. ;  if 
sluggish  and  chronic,  use  long  cord  with  P.  P.  Move  the 
two  electrodes  parallel  to  eacli  other,  upon  the  patient,  about 
two  or  three  inches  apart;  and  pass  them  over  all  the  affected 
surface.  Rei)eat  the  treatment  daily  in  acute  affections,  and 
three  times  a  week  in  chronic  cases. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

]^. — Compound  syrup  stillingia oj. 

Iodide  potassa 3jj.  to  jv.  m. 

Sig. — One  teasjioonful  before  each  meal.  Merrill's,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, is  the  best  alterative  and  blood  purifier  that  I  have 
met  with  in  twenty-five  years. 

The  body  should  be  bathed  with  strong  soap  suds  twice  a 
week,  while  using  the  stillingia.  Toppical  applications  are  so 
numerous  and  varied,  that  we  will  not  attempt  to  dictate  further 
than  we  should  advise  physicians  to  procure  Fox,  on  skiu  dis- 
eases, or  Anderson  of  Glasgow. 

Homixopathic  Treatment. — Ehus.,  Hepar.  sul.,  Silica. 


138 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


1^: 


Paralysis. 

Smptomatology — Loss  of  irotion  or  sensftti'on,  and  in  many 
cases  l*<)th  in  the  body  when  the  disease  is  contined  to  the  side 
of  the  body  it  is  called  hemiplegia.  If  to  tlie  lower  half  of 
the  Iwdy,  paraplegia. 

Ehvtrical  Treatment. — Take  the  B  D  current,  medium 
lOrce.  If  the  piiralysis  be  in  a  lower  limb,  place  V.  P.,  long 
cord,  upon  the  lower  lumbar  vertebrse,  so  as  to  reach  the  hypo- 
gastric plexus,  aud  treat  with  the  metallic  brush,  N.  P.,  five 
to  eif^ht  minutes,  over  all  the  affected  parts.  Then  close  the 
sitting  with  reversed  poles,  about  one  to  two  minutes,  having 
P.  P.,  long  cord,  at  the  foot,  and  manipulating  over  the  parts 
affected,  and  especially  over  the  lumbar  vertebrae,  with  N.  P. 
This  is  to  prevent  depletion"  by  running  off  the  electro-vital 
fluid  too  much,  and  to  force  the  electric  current  through  the 
nerves  in  an  upward  and  inward  tonic-giving  direction.  If  the 
disease  be  in  an  arm  or  hand,  treat  it  in  a  manner  analogous 
to  the  above;  extending  the  treatment  from  back  of  neck  to  the 
affected  parts. 

In  cases  of  hemiplegia  or  paraplegia,  run  the  current  from 
the  healthy  side  of  the  spine,  (in  hemiplegia,)  or  from  a  healthy 
part  ol"  the  spine,  (in  paraplegia,)  to  and  through  the  paralyzed 
parts,  by  placing  P.  P.,  long  cord,  on  spine,  and  manipulating 
with  N.  P.  metallic  brush  commonly  upon  the  parts  par- 
alyzed. Close  the  treatment  with  reversed  poles  for  a  moment 
or  two,  as  in  the  preceding  cases.  Old  paralysis  requires  con- 
siderable time  to  cure  it.  Treat  about  three  times  a  week, 
occasionally  omitting  a  week.  A  general  tonic  treatment  may 
be  given  once  or  twice  a  week. 

If  there  is  hemiplegia  apply  P.  P.  to  the  base  of  the  cere- 
belum,  on  the  healthy  side,  N.  P.  over  the  diseased  part  of 
the  brain  three  to  five  minutes,  mild  force.  Using  cords  of 
equal  length.     P.  P.  may  also  be  applied  with  ear  electrode  to 


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ELKCTBIOAL    MEDICATION. 


135) 


and  in  many 
ned  to  the  side 
lower  half  of 

rent,   medium 

ice  P.  P.,  long 
•each  the  hyjio- 
ish,  N.  P.,  five 

Then  close  the 
linn  tea,  having 

over  the  parts 
HE,  with  N.  P. 
he  electro-vital 
at  throngh  the 
reotion.  If  the 
nner  analogous 
k  of  neck  to  the 

le  current  from 
from  a  healthy 
1  the  paralyzed 
I  manipulating 
the  parts  par- 
for  a  moment 
3  requires  con- 
times  a  week, 
treatment  may 

3e  of  the  cere- 
ieased  part  of 
Uti'ing  cords  of 
ir  electrode  to 


the  healthy  ear,  N.  P.  to  the  opposite  ear,  ana  over  the 
disoftBod  part  of  the  hruin  three  to  five  minutes.  P.  P.  may 
also  be  applied  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  and  limbs 
five  to  ten  minutes.  This  treatment  may  be  given  once  or 
twice  a  week  in  connection  with  the  above,  concluding  with 
the  tonic  treatment  each  time. 

Medical  Ireatment. — Keep  the  bowels  regular  by  adminis- 
tering Hmall  doses  of  vegetable  cathartics.  Strychnia  in  the 
thirty-second  to  the  sixtieth  part  of  a  grain  may  bo  given 
every  two  or  three  hours  in  connection  with  the  treatment.  If 
there  is  softening  of  the  brain  give  phosphorus  in  doses  of  one 
to  three  drops,  three  or  four  times  a  day.  Bathe  the  afi'ected 
parts  with  diluted  acohol,  whisky,  or  liniment  used  for  diph- 
theria. 

Homceopathio  Treatment. — Merc.  Alternate  Ilhua  ix.  Nax 
when  from  mercury. 

Sciatica. 

Symptomatology. — Sharp  lancinating  pain  in  the  course  of 
the  sciatic  nerve  in  the  hip,  and  downwards  to  the  thigh.  This 
is  neuralgia  in  an  ischiatic  nerve,  commonly  the  great 
ischiatic. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  B  D  current,  strong  as  the 
patient  can  well  bear.  Place  the  foot  in  warm  water  with  N. 
P.,  .»r  place  the  sponge-roll  N.  P.  at  the  sole  of  the  foot,  (the 
former  is  the  best),  and  treat  with  P.  P.  over  the  painful  part, 
and  also,  more  or  less,  over  adjacent  parts.  It  is  also  well,  in 
order  to  prevent  two.  much  exhaustion  of  the  limb,  to  reverse 
the  poles  every  third  or  fourth  time;  but  in  so  doing,  use  the 
long  cord  with  N.  P.,  also  give  general  tonic  treatment  occii- 
sionally. 

i  have  found  an  inward  and  outwiird  treatment  to  be  bene- 
ficial, given  once  or  twice  a  week  (in  some  cases  oftener),  in 
connection  with  the  above  treatment,  to  establish  an  equili- 


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140  ELKCTRICAI,   MEDICATION. 

briiim  of  the  circulatory  forces.  Use  A  D  or  B  D  current, 
cords  of  eqiuil  length.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongne,  N.  P.  over 
the  ImmIv  anil  limbs,  ten  to  twenty  ininutes.  If  the  pain  be 
severe,  !iypo<lt'rnuc  injections  of  morphia  may  be  used  two  or 
three  times  for  temporary  relief,  until  controlled  or  relieved 
by  the  electrical  treatment,  which  relieves,  and  at  the  same 
time  produces  an  alterative  etfect,  in  other  words,  as  an  anodyne 
and  alterative.  I  have  cured  very  severe  and  long-standing 
cases  with  electricity  alone.  Given  relief  and  rest  by  elec- 
tricity after  they  had  taken  hypodermic  injections  of  morphia, 
and  had  also  taken  chloral  for  months  to  procure  rest.  I 
usually  administer  Bromidia,  (Buttles  «&  Co,,  St.  Louis),  to 
procure  rest  if  necessary,  instead  of  morphia  and  chloral,  which 
will  usually  insure  refreshing  sleep. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Ext.  hyoscyami grs.  jj. 

Ext.  Indian  hemp "    xx. 

Capsicum "    x.  m. 

Sig. — Form  a  mass,  and  make  three  grain  pills;  give  one 
every  three  or  four  hours.  If  there  ie  fever,  aconite  or  vera- 
trum  may  be  given. 

5^. — White  pine  turpentine *, 3j. 

Ext.  poke  root grs.  xx. 

Macrotin "    x. 

Apocynin "    xj:.  m. 

Fiat  pihilfB,  No.  38. 

Sig. — One  pill  every  five  hours.  Animal  broth  may  be 
taken  freely  as  a  diet. 

Hoino&opathic  TTeatnxmt. — Colocynth,  Aeon.,  Bryonia 
(Chromic),  Oimicifuga. 


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ELKCrRIOAL   MRDIOATIOIT. 


141 


B  D  current, 
ii»\  N.  P.  over 
If  thtj  pain  be 
le  UHe<l  two  or 
or  relieved 
at  the  same 
as  an  anodyne 
long-standing 
I  rest  by  elec- 
ns  of  morphia, 
ouiire  rest.     I 
St.  Louis),  to 
chloral,  which 


)ill8;  give  one 
oonite  or  vera- 


xs.  m. 


Erysipklas. 

Symptomatology. — Heat,  swelling,  and  redness  of  the  part. 
There  in  headache,  fever,  and  the  tongue  is  coated.  The  bowelH 
are  gcii'Tally  constipated.  When  it  attackH  the  adjacent  areolar 
and  ccUimr  tissnch,  it  is  called  phlegmonous,  and  the  inflam»'d 
]iartH  bt'conu'  of  a  dark,  purple  color,  terminating  in  abscess  or 
in  gangrene  and  death. 

Electrical  Dvafment.-Take  the  A  D  current,  medium  force, 
in  all  forms  of  the  disenHes. 

1.  When  acute,  and  characterized  by  high  inflammation, 
with  bright,  snutoth  swelling,  and  spreading  gradually  and 
HoinetimcH  rapidly  to  surrounding  parts;  or  when  small  ves- 
icles appear  on  the  inflanie<l  parts,  which  dry  up  in  little  bran- 
like scales  and  fall  off. 

If  it  be  located  anywhere  upon  the  face,  place  N.  P.,  long 
cord,  upon  back  of  neck,  and  treat  the  parts  aflected  with  P. 
P.  Treat  about  five  to  tweuty  miautes  at  a  time,  three  or  four 
vimes  daily. 

If  it  be  located  in  the  arm  or  hand,  place  the  extremity  in 
tepid  water  with  N.  P.,  long  cord,  and  treat  upon  or  just  above 
the  diseased  i)art  with  P.  P. 

If  it  be  in  any  part  of  the  trunk,  (which,  in  this  form,  is 
not  80  common,)  place  N.  P.,  long  cord,  upon  some  point  of 
the  spine  as  near  the  diseased  part  as  may  be,  but  a  little  lower 
down,  and  treat  the  part  affected  with  P.  P. 

In  each  of  these  cases,  treat  briefly,  but  frequently,  as 
directed  above. 

2.  When  small,  blister-like,  serous  vesicles — pklyctaena — 
appear,  and  the  inflammation  terminates  in  gangrene;  or  when 
there  is  such  an  infiltration  of  serum  ac  to  produce  an  oedema- 
tous  conditi(>n,  place  P.  P.,  long  cord,  upon  some  convenient 
healthy  part,  (the  spinal  cord,  or  other  nerve  centre  which  gives 
nervous  service  to  the  part  af  jcted,  is  best),  and  treat  the 


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pf|tliUli|lii1l.J.M     ,«I.IW 


142  ErKCi'RICAI.   MKDIOATIOH. 

IohIoh  witli  N.  p.,  It{//tt  force,  five  to   lilleen  miiiutea  daily. 

Medical  Treatment. — 

9- — Muriate  tiiict.  ferri |j. 

Qiiiniiio grs.  xx.  m. 

8ig. — Ten  drops  in  sweetonod  wiiter  every  two  or  three 
hours.  It  may  also  ho  diluted  one-tburth  to  one-half,  and  ap- 
plied to  the  parts  aftectod  as  indicated. 

B — Ilydrarg.  cliloridum  niit grs.  xx. 

Simple  cerate 5j-  »»• 

Apply  to  the  parts  atFocted  two  or  three  times  a  day.  Liquid 
cuticle  or  collodion  may  be  used  topically  as  indicated.  Poul- 
ticing is  seldom  neccHsary. 

Jlomneopathio  Treatment. — Rhus.,  Apis.,  Bell. 

Hkmobkhagk.     {Lunga,  Nose,  Uterus,  etc.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  B  D  current,  strong  force. 
Apply  P.  P.  to  the  open  blood-vessel,  or  as  near  to  it  as  pos- 
sible; j)laciug  N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  some  adjacent  part,  and  as 
nearly  as  practicable,  in  the  direction  from  which  the  blood 
chiefly  comes.     Treat  two  to  ten  minutes  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Tinct.  cannabis  Indica  (English) JJ. 

Sig. — Five  to  ten  drops  every  three  or  four  hours.  Very 
effectual. 

3. — Salvia  leaves  puly 3j. 

lloain  pulv 3J. 

Saccharum  alba ^'.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonfnl  three  times  a  day,  in  water. 

5. — Oleum  erigerou gtt.  xxxjj. 

Alcohol Ij.  m. 


minutes  duilj. 

■  n. 

K""!*.  XX.  m. 

|iy  two  or  three 
rie-half,  and  ap- 

•  grs.  xz. 

•  ZJ-  m. 

es  a  day.  Liquid 
ndicated,    Poul- 

3eIL 


us,  etc.) 


It,  strong  force, 
lear  to  it  as  pos- 
!ent  part,  and  as 
vhich  the  blood 
idicated. 


•  I), 
r  hours. 

•  3j. 
.  3j. 

•  ^'.  m. 

water. 

•  gtt.  xxxjj. 
.   Sj.  m. 


Verj 


EI.KCrUICAI.    MKUIOATION.  143 

Sig.--Onc  teaspoonful  every  three  or  four  hours,  in  water, 
affording  to  the  urgt-ncy  of  tlio  case.- 

Iluinoaopathio  Treatment. — Uaniamelis  extract. 

Or.i)  Ulcers. 

Ehetrieal  Treatment. — Take  A  D  current.  J f  torpid,  treat 
with  mild  forcf.  Treat  tlie  sore  with  N.  P.,  wliile  P.  P.  ia 
iicid  upon  Home  healtliy  part,  and  UHually  at  a  higher  point. 
Treat  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  three  or  four  times  a  week.  If 
hiff/i,  inflammation  be  present,  this  must  first  be  reduced  by 
applying  P.  P.,  in  pretty  strong  force,  with  N.  P.,  on  a  healtliy 
part  not  far  away.  For  this  purpose,  treat  8om°  five  to  twenty 
minutes  daily.  Then,  when  the  infiummation  is  sufficiently 
sulxiiied,  treat  as  when  torpid,  with  mild  force  and  less  fre- 
quently. It  is  best,  when  it  can  be  4one,  to  place  the  affected 
j)art  in  warm  water  along  with  N.  P.;  bringing  the  ulcer  im- 
mediately above  the  surface  of  the  water. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Axungia  or  osmoline |j. 

Oleum  terebinth 3j. 

Acidum  Bulphurlcum 3ss.  m. 

Fiat  unguontum.  Mix  the  first  two,  then  add  the  third. 
Apply  to  the  ulcor.     Use  black  salve  for  healing. 

Black  Salve. 

^ . — Cider  vinegar ojj. 

Cera  flava |j. 

Axungia  and  resin aa  |f . 

Kura Ijv.  m. 

Saturate  the  vinegar  well  with  tobacco;  strain  and  evaporate 
to  one  pint.  Then  add  the  wax,  lard  and  resin.  Melt; 
remove  from  the  fire;  add  the  rum,  and  stir  until  cold. 

Homoiopathio  Treatment. — Thiya  cerate. 


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144 


ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


Recent  Wounds,  Contusions  and  Burns. 

Ehctrical  Treatment.— Use  the  B.  D.  current,  strong  force 
as  can  be  borne.  Bring  the  lesion  under  P.  P.,  and  place  I»J . 
P.  at  discretion,  in  view  of  the  location  of  the  injury.  Treat 
five  to  eight  minutes,  twice  or  thrice  on  the  same  day.  Unless 
the  injury  is  very  severe,  no  further  treatment  will  be  required. 
Healing  will  take  place  with  little  or  no  soreness  or  swelling. 
In  severe  cases,  repeat  the  treatment  whenever  inflammation 
gets  too  high.  If  fungus — "proud  flesh"-— should  appear, 
treat  that  willi  a  small-pointed  electrode,  N.  P.,  placing  P.  P. 
on  a  healthy  part,  not  remote,  using  A  C  current,  in  pretty 
strong  force. 

Use  B  D.  current  for  recent  wounds.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the 
wound,  1\.  P.,  long  cord,  upwardly  from  the  wound,  ten  to 
fifteen  minutes  at  intervals  of  half  an  hour,  until  relieved. 
Adhesive  straps  and  liquid  collodion  may  be  applied  to  the 
wound  to  exclude  the  air  and  produce  healing  by  first  intention. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Aqua  calcis |jv. 

Oleum  lini |jv.  m. 

Apply  SIS  indicated.  \i  fungus — "proud  flesh" — should 
appear,  burnt  alum  in  fine  powder,  should  be  applied  between 
times  of  treating  with  electricity. 

^ — Carbolic  acid  crystals ^jss- 

Whiting  qs.  to  form  a  paste. 

Knead  well.  A  case  treated.  A  knife  came  in  contact  with 
the  knee  of  the  patient,  severing  the  ligaments  of  the  patella. 
It  cut  down  into  the  joint  under  the  patella,  deep  enough  to 
allow  two  fingers  to  be  ins'^rted  into  the  joint.  The  limb  was 
made  straight  and  firmly  wrapped  in  this  paste.  In  a  few  days 
the  patient  resumed  walking. 

Homoiopathic  Treatment. — Calendula. 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


145 


Burns. 

ent,  strong  force 
P.,  and  place  N. 
le  injury.  Treat 
ime  day.  Unless 
will  be  required, 
ness  or  swelling, 
er  inflammation 
—should  appear, 
P.,  placing  P.  P. 
urreiit,  in  pretty 

ply  P.  P.  to  the 
e  wound,  ten  to 
',  until  relieved, 
e  applied  to  the 
jy  first  intention. 


. .  Ijv.  m. 

i  flesh"— should 
applied  between 

..  Ijss. 

B  in  contact  witl) 
ts  of  the  patella. 
,  deep  enough  to 
.  The  limb  was 
e.  In  a  few  days 


Asphyxia.     {Suspended  Animation^ 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current  pretty  strong 
force.  Place  P.  P.  at  back  of  neck — second  or  third  cervical 
vertebra,  and  treat  with  N.  P.  over  all  the  chest  and  along 
the  lower  margin  of  the  ribs,  so  as  to  excite  the  pectoral  mus- 
cles,.lungs  and  diaphragm. 

Medical  Treatment. — In  the  absence  of  electricity  resort  to 
the  following  method  for  restoration:  First,  throw  fresh  air 
into  the  lungs,  producing  artificial  respiration.  Second,  arouse 
the  circulation,  and  restore  to  the  body  its  natural  warmth. 
To  eft'ect  these  results: 

1.  Remove  from  the  mouth  and  nostrils  all  obstructions  to 
the  free  passage  of  air  to  the  lungs;  loosening  the  clothing 
about  the  chest. 

2.  Extend  the  arms  in  the  direction  of  the  body  above  the 
head,  bringing  them  as  near  together  as  practicable. — Silvester 
method. 

Repeat  the  exercise  of  the  arms  and  chest  ten  to  fifteen 
times  per  minute,  blowing  into  the  mouth  while  exercising  the 
same,  and  occasionally  passing  a  bottle  of  ammonia  past  the 
nose,  xlubbing  and  bottles  of  hot  water  may  also  be  used  to 
establish  warmth  in  the  body. 

Cakoeb. 

Symptomatology. — Cancers  take  on  a  variety  of  forms,  dis- 
tinguished by  diiferent  names;  but  since  they  all  require 
substantially  the  same  electrical  treatment,  it  is  unnecessarv 
here  to  describe  Caem. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Begin  with  the  A  B  current  in  pretty 
full  volume.  (The  volume  of  the  current  is  increased  by 
increasing  the  quantity  of  battery  fluid.)  Use  this  for  several 
weeks,  and  then  change  to  the  A  D  current.  Treat  daily.  The 
time  for  each  treatment  must  be  determined  by  the  judgment 

10 


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146  Et.ECTKICAL    MEDICATION. 

of  the  practitioner;  varying  it  according  to  the  peculiar  ehar- 
aicter  and  location  of  the  disease. 

If  the  cancer  be  on  the  face,  or  any  part  of  the  head  or  breast, 
place  P.  J',  on  die  back  of  neck;  but  if  it  be  in  the  stomach, 
aiterus,  or  any  of  the  abdominal  viscera,  place  P.  P.  on  spine, 
A  little  higher  than  the  affected  part.  Then  treat  the  disease 
witlx  N,  P.,  long  cord,  so  as  to  run  the  current  immediately 
.(4it  from  tliR  lesion,  and  yet  bring  the  latter  on  the  negative 
tside  of  the  central  point  in  the  circuit;  that  is,  within  the 
jiesrative  half  of  the  whole  circuit. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Chloride  chromium 3j. 

Ext.  str'uiioi'-lum %. 

IsVw  thoi-oughly.  Spread  upon  leather  sufficiently  large  to 
«over  the  whole  tumor.  Apply  twice  a  day  until  the  mass 
assumes  a  black  appearance,  then  apply  a  poultice  of  flaxseed 
anetil.  If  an  e»char  is  produced,  dress  with  Oxalate  cerium 
unguentum  until  healed  over. 

3, — Permanganate  potassa , . . .   qs. 

Apply  as  thick  as  the  tumor,  in  a  glass  cylinder,  until  de- 
jhtroyed.     Poultice  until  healed. 

^. — Chian  turpentine  (pure) i . . .   3J88. 

Sulphuric  sEther  (to  dissolve) !i  to  4 

Syrup  of  acacia  or  ginger |vjj.  sa. 

Sig. — Mix.     One  teaspoonful  before  meals. 

Ij, — Bruise  and  press  the  juice  out  of  the  full  grown  leaves 
of  the  common  poke.  Pour  the  same  in  a  pewter  basin  or 
plate,  and  8",t  in  the  sun  until  it  evaporates  to  a  wax  or  salve. 

Procure  the  extract  of  the  horse  or  sheep  sorrell  the  same 
wray.     Also  red  clover  blossoms. 

Apply  each  separately  or  conjointly. 


i;A; 


he  peculiar  cliar- 

le  head  or  breast, 
in  the  stomach, 
e  P.  P.  on  spine, 
treat  the  disease 
•ent  immediately 
•  on  the  negative 
it  is,  within   the 


•  •   3j. 

fficiently  large  to 
y  nntil  the  mass 
ultice  of  flaxseed 
1  Oxalate  cerium 


. . .  qs. 

ylinder,  until  de- 

. ..    3J88. 

...  lito^ 

.  .  .    |vjj.  SB. 


full  grown  leaves 
\  pewter  basin  or 
to  a  wax  or  salve. 
)  sorrell  the  same 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION.  147 

Medical  Treatment: — -If  conjointly. 

^. — Ext.  sorrel ^sc. 

"     poke 3jj. 

"     clover 3 jj. 

"      stramonium 3j.  m. 

Spread  on  thin  leather,  and  a])ply  once  or  twice  a  day  mtil 
destroyed.  Poultice  with  elm,  flaxseed  meal,  or  rum  poultice 
made  of  light  bread  until  healed. 

1^. — Sanguinaria  canadensis ^ss. 

Chloride  zinc ?s8. 

Podophyllin 3jj. 

Extract  stramonium =S8. 

Carbo  veg 3jj. 

Mix  with  water  or  hydrochloric  acid,  and  apply  on  leather 
to  parts  aflected,  if  not  in  the  region  of  an  artery  or  a  motor 
nerve.  When  the  cancer  is  destroyed,  make  a  poultice  of  rum 
and  bread.     Apply  until  healed. 

Cancer  lotion: 

3- — Nitrate  potassa ^'v. 

Aqua ojj. 

Spirits  nitre j^jj. 

Sulphuric  acid §jj. 

Tinct.  opii y  v.  m. 

Apply  twice  a  day  on  cotton  cloth;  moisten  with  lotus  until 
destroyed.  Protect  the  clothing  by  applying  cotton  or  cloths. 
If  cancer  is  open,  apply  the  following  : 

3. — Sorrel  salve |s8. 

Ext.  stramonium 3j.  ra. 

Spread  on  thin  leather  and  apply.  "Will  remove  a  cancer, 
if  pei-sistently  applied,  until  all  the  roots  are  destroyed.  After 
removal,  poultice  until  healed. 

Homceopathio  Treatment. — Hepar  sul.,  Silicea. 


^ 


I 


148 


ELKCTRIOAL   MEDICATION. 


Anemia  ok  Ciilokosis.     (jGreen  Sickness.) 

Symptomatology. — Marked  by  paleness  of  the  skin  and  mu- 
cous surfaces,  and  a  peculiar  whiteness  of  the  conjunctiva. 
The  face  presents  a  bloated  and  sallow  appearance.  The 
patient  is  debilitated  and  cannot  bear  exertion.  There  is  pal- 
pitation of  the  heart.  The  circulation  is  irregular  and  weak, 
and  on  exertion,  the  breathing  becomes  labored.  In  females 
the  menses  are  irregular  and  deficient  in  color  and  quantity, 
in  some  cases  entirely  suppressed.  There  is  vertigo,  dizziness, 
and  sometimes  fainting.  Neuralgia  is  a  frequent  concomitant 
of  antemia. 

This  is  a  disease  mostly  or  entirely  peculiar  to  young  women 
who  have  not  menstruated,  and  disappears  on  the  establish- 
ment of  the  monthly  periods. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  the  A  D  current.  If  any 
symptoms  exist  of  an  eifort  of  nature  to  bring  on  the  menses, 
note  the  time  of  them,  and  regard  it,  in  the  treatnieiit,  as  the 
proper  monthly  period.  If  no  symptoms  of  such  a  period  are 
perceptible,  the  practitioner  must  Jix  upon  a  time  for  it,  and 
regard  it  accordingly.  About  four  to  six  days  before  the 
periodic  time,  commence  to  treat  as  follows,  using  a  moderate 
force:  Insert  the  uterine  electrode,  N.  P.,  wet  in  warm  water, 
per  vagina,  untjl  it  meets  the  uterus;  and  manipulate  with  P. 
P.  over  the  dorsal  and  first  two  lumbar  vertebrae,  and  more  or 
less  over  the  back  on  both  sides  of  the  spinal  column,  some 
five  to  twenty  minutes  daily,  down  to  the  period  fixed  upon 
for  the  catamenia  to  appear.  If  they  do  not  start,  let  the 
patient  rest  for  some  four  or  five  days,  and  then  begin  with 
general  tonic  treatment.  Continue  this  three  times  »  week, 
until  within  a  little  less  than  a  week  of  the  periodic  time,  when 
the  same  treatment  with  the  uterine  electrode  as  was  at  first 
employed  should  be  resumed,  and  again  be  continued  to  the 
time  assigned  for  the  menses.  If  no  success  should  appear, 
return,  al'ter  a  few  days,  to  general  ionic  treatmetit  as  before. 


'-•■  '  -'- ■  -  '-'■■THj 


vknt'uft.) 

he  skin  and  mu- 
[the  conjunctiva. 

pearance.  The 
There  is  pal- 

gular  and  weak, 
red.  In  females 
or  and  qnantity, 
ertigo,  dizziness, 
iient  concomitant 

to  young  women 
on  the  establish- 

current.  If  any 
g  on  the  menses, 

treatment,  as  the 
'  such  a  period  are 
a  time  for  it,  and 

days   before  the 

using  a  moderate 
ct  in  warm  water, 
anipulate  with  P. 
ebrse,  and  more  or 
inal  column,  some 
jeriod  fixed  upon 
not  start,  let  the 
d  then  begin  with 
ree  times  »  week, 
eriodic  time,  when 
ode  as  was  at  first 

continued  to  the 
ess  should  appear, 
eatment  as  before. 


ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION.  149 

Let  these  forms  of  treatment  be  prosecuted  until  success  crowns 
the  effort.  Ordinarily,  not  many  months — perhaps  not  more 
than  one  or  two  months — will  be  required;  especially,  if  the 
treatment  be  aided,  on  the  part  of  the  patient,  by  a  good  dgree 
of  moderate  exercise  in  the  open  air,  and  a  free,  nourishing  diet. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Elixir  calisaya  and  iron 3Jv. 

Whiskey Ivjjj. 

Phosphate  of  lime ^ss. 

Iron  by  hydrogen grs,  xy. 

Aqua  pura ^vjjj. 

White  sugar |jv.  m. 

Sig. — One  to  two  teaspoonsful  three  times  a  day. 

Keep  the  bowels  regular  by  enemas,  or  Ext.  of  dandelion, 
Comp.  syrup  of  rhei.  or  senna,  and  mual  doses  as  indicated. 

Wheeler's  Oomp.  Elixir  of  the  Hypophosphites  is  an  ex- 
cellent preparation  for  ansemic  or  dobilitated  subjects. 

5. — Syrup  of  the  iodide  of  iron. |jj. 

Sig. — ^Ten  to  twenty  drops  in  water  three  or  four  times  a 
day  may  be  used. 

Q . — ^Tinct.  ferri  chloridum fj. 

Quinine , grs.  x.  m. 

Sig. — Ten  drops  in  sweetened  water  three  times  day. 

^. — Phosphate  iron grs.  xxjj. 

Syrup,  ginger 5jv-  ^• 

Sig.  — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day. 

^. — CitratA  nniiiine  and  iron 3jj. 

Syrup,  ginger Ijv.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  three  hours. 

Hom^oj^athic  Treatment. — Ferrum  red.  pulv. 


sr 


150 


ELECTKrCAL    MEDICATION. 


Nymphomania  and  Si-kkmatokkikka. 


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I. 


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&-i 


Symptomatology. — Debility,  pain  in  the  head  and  back,  pal- 
pitation of  the  heart,  aching  pain  and  a  dragging  nensation  in 
the  teeiicles,  involving  noctnrnal  and  diurnal  emissions  of 
semen.  In  all  suspected  cases  the  urine  should  be  examined 
micntscopically  for  the  presence  of  spernmtozo. 

The  points  to  be  gained  are,  to  reduce  the  action  of  the  ama- 
torial  organs  of  the  brain  and  the  secretions  of  the  testes^  and 
to  contract  and  strengthen  the  tissue  of  the  seminal  vesicles 
and  the  ])i'ostate  gland. 

Electrical  Treatmetit. — Take  tlie  B  D  current.  First,  treat 
the  lowest  part  of  the  cerebellum,  on  both  sides  of  the  spinal 
cord,  with  a  mild  force;  using  P.  P.  upon  these  organs  of 
amativeness,  and  N.  P.  on  the  dorsal  vertebrse.  Treat  five  to 
fifteen  minutes.  Next,  increase  the  current  to  medium  force; 
and,  taking  a  handled  cup  or  mug,  holding  a  pint  to  a  quart, 
mostly  filled  with  tepid  water,  drop  the  jtenis  and  testicles  into 
it,  along  with  the  tin  electrode  P.  P.,  and  move  K.  P.,  long 
coi'tl,  over  the  lumbar  vertebrae.  '  Treat  in  this  manner  five 
to  fifteen  minutes.  Then  place  the  P.  P.  on  the  pelvis,  close 
above  the  penis,  and  again  treat  with  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over 
the  small  of  the  back,  two  or  three  minutes.  Treat  about  three 
times  a  week. 

Treat  the  head  occasionally  as  follows:  Before  giving  the 
above  treatment  use  B  D  current,  apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  at 
the  base  of  the  spine,  P.  P.  in  the  right  hanJ.  Manipulate 
with  one  finger  of  the  right  hand  over  the  eyes,  whils  the  left 
hand  is  applied  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes 
with  mild  force.  Then  apply  the  index  finger  of  the  right  hand 
to  the  right  ear.  The  index  of  the  left  to  the  left  ear,  five  to 
ten  minutes.  If  there  is  considerable  excitement,  irritation  or 
inflammation  of  the  brain,  moisten  the  hair  with  water  and 
apply  P.  P.  of  the  B  C  or  B  D  current  to  the  head  three  to 
five  minutes. 


.,  i^aiifei,,  - 


■.A. 

and  back,  pal- 
ii<^  Kcnsition  in 
emissions  of 
d  be  examined 

tion  of  the  ania- 

the  testes^  and 

eminal  vesicles 

it.  First,  treat 
es  of  the  spinal 
these  organs  of 
B.  Treat  five  to 
)  medium  force; 
pint  to  a  quart, 
ind  testicles  into 
ove  K.  P.,  lomj 
his  manner  five 
the  pelvis,  close 
loiig  cord,  over 
IVeat  about  three 

jfore  giving  the 
P.,  lo?ig  cord,  at 
iJ.  Manipulate 
Bs,  whil3  the  left 
)  fifteen  minutes 
)f  the  right  hand 
8  left  ear,  five  to 
ent,  irritation  or 
with  water  and 
e  head  three  to 


KLEOTKICAI,    MKDirATION.  151 

(fa  female,  the  sponge-roll  may  he  placed  b»(twcon  the  labitt. 
Ajiply  a  cloth,  moistened  with  water  previous  to  ap])lying 
the  sponge-roll.  Otherwise  treat  tlie  same  as  in  males.  Treat 
from  three  to  six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

ft. — Alumen  6ul})hate 5jj 

Camphor  gum,  pulv Ij-  "i* 

Sig. — One-half  teaspoonful  twice  a  day. 
Remove  the  patient  from  exciting  causes. 

5. — Potassa  nitratis §88. 

Alumen  sulphas rj. 

Cam])hor  gum,  pulv 5j- 

Axungia  or  cosmoline ^ilj-  ™' 

Apply  with  heat,  once  or  twice  a  day,  over  the  j»ube8  and 
genital  organs.  Wear  a  small  sack  of  pulverized  camphor  on 
the  small  of  the  back,  also  on  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen 
above  pubes.  Let  the  patient  sleep  on  a  hard  matrass  to  pre- 
vent nocturnal  emissions;  the  patient  must  sleep  on  one  side. 
Put  a  good  sized  cotton  thread  spool  on  a  piece  ot  tape.  Tie 
the  same  around  the  hips;  let  the  spool  rest  about  midway 
betv/een  the  lowest  lumbar  vertebrje  and  coccyx,  centrally 
between  the  illia.  Should  he  or  she  turn  on  the  back  in  their 
sleep,  the  spool  will  awaken  them,  if  properly  adjusted,  and 
cause  them  to  turn  on  the  side,  which  will  render  them  less, 
liable  to  amorous  dreams. 

ft. — Muriate  tinct.  fern ?jj. 

Vinum  ergot sj-  m- 

Sig. — Ten  to  twenty  drops  in  sweetened  water,  at  9  a.  ir.^ 
3  r.  M.,  and  on  retiring.  Give  the  patient  nourishing  and 
digestible  food;  let  him  eat  freely  of  celery,  if  obtainable,  if 
not  give  some  of  the  preparations  of  celery  made  from  the  seed. 


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152 


ELEOTUICAL    MEDICATION. 


containing  three  to  five  grains  of  the  seed  to  the  dose,  and  taken 
three  times  a  day;  or  Celerinii,  Richardson  &  Co.,  compose  J  of 
celery,  coca,  and  viburnum  verso, 
HomceopUhic  Treatment. — -Phos. 

Prolapsus  Utkei.     {Falling  of  the  Womh.) 

Elec'rical  Treatment. — Take  the  B  D  current,  of  good  me- 
dium force,  and  give  general  tonic  treatment,  on  alternate 
days,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  passing  briefly  over  tlie  several 
parts.  Atlter  thi?,  treat  fi'o  to  twenty  minutes  with  uterine 
electroJe,  iu  the  manner  prescribed  foi  menorrhngia.  Then 
close  the  sitting  by  removing  the  uterine  instrument,  substi- 
tuting the  eponge-cup  as  P.  P.,  and  treating  with  it  exter- 
nally, about  five  to  ten  minutes,  over  the  pelvic  region,  while 
N.  P.  is  stationed  on  the  spine,  at  tlie  firs';  or  second  dorsal 
vertebrce. 

On  the  mte'>''i'eninf  days,  treat  only  with  the  uterine  elec- 
tiode,  08  above  described. 

Elevate  the  hips  to  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees,  for  a  few 
moiients,  on  retiring,  so  as  to  throw  the  womb  out  of  the  pel- 
vis and  up  into  the  abdomen.  Place  the  hands  firmly  t^o  the 
abdomen  above  the  pubes  with  sufiicient  pressure  to  maintain 
the  womb  in  situation  until  you  lie  down  with  the  hips 
slightly  elevated,  which  will  take  the  strain  oft*  the  overtaxed 
and  weakened  nerves  and  muscles,  and  strengthen  the  same  by 
rest;  rest  being  one  of  nature's  great  restorers.  Astringent 
lotions  may  be  injected  in  vagina  once  or  twice  a  day,  as  fol- 
lows: Alum  water;  Tannin  in  solution;  Tinct.  kipo,  diluted; 
Tinct.  myrrh,  say,  .',88.  to  3j.  to  one  pint  water.  Injected  with 
mild  force,  and  email  quantities  each  time,  two  or  three  times 
a  day. 

LKUCOERHfEA.       ( W/titeS.) 

Electrical  Tfeatment. — Take  A  D  current,  ■^•v.'j,'  mild /.roe. 
Introduce   the  vaginal   electrode,  IS.  P.,  until  it   meets   the 


w 


lose,  and  taken 
.,  coinposej  of 


omb.) 

t,  uf  good  nie- 
^  on  altt'ri»ate 
'er  tlie  several 
8  witli  uterine 
rhujia.  Then 
lunent,  siibsti- 
with  it  exter- 
5  region,  wliile 
r  second  dorsal 

e  uterine  elec- 

irees,  for  a  few- 
out  of  fhe  jMil- 
8  firmly  to  tlie 
ire  to  maintain 
with  the  hips 
'  tiie  overtaxed 
)n  the  same  by 
s.  Astringent 
e  a  day,  as  fol- 

kipo,  dihited; 

Injected  with 
or  three  times 


ry  mildjaroe, 
it  meets   the 


ELECTRICAL    MKDIOATION.  153 

nterus,  and  manipulate  with  P.  P.  over  the  dorsal  vertebrie 
five  to  twenty  minutes,  three  times  a  week.  Once  or  twice  a 
week,  on  the  int  -vening  days,  give  general  tonio  treatment. 
Omit  treatment  altogether  for  one  or  two  weeks,  once  in  two 
to  three  months.  Considerable  time  is  often  required  for  the 
cure  of  old  cases. 

^edioal  Treatment: — 

3- — Flnid  extract  caulophyllum %. 

"  "       buchu Ij-  m- 

Big. — One  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day  before  meals.  Um 
as  a  viginal  injection  the  following  : 

I^. — Permanganate  potassa grs.  j.  to  jjj. 

Aqua  pura ., ^-  i^- 

Q. — Permanganate  potassa grs.  v.  to  x. 

Aqua  pura ^j.  m. 

Having  previously  injected  warm  water  to  cleanse  the 
parts,  inject  No.  2  once  or  twice  a  day. 

HonuBopathio  Treatment. — Alumina,  Sepia. 

Menorrhagia.     {Excessive  Menstruation^ 

ElectHcal  Treatment. —  If  the  menstrual  flow  is  apt  to  ter- 
minate in  hemorrhage,  it  is  best  to  give  general  tonic  treat- 
ments about  three  times  a  week,  between  the  periods;  and 
during  the  last  four  or  five  days  before  color  is  expected  to 
appear,  to  take  the  B  D  current,  mediiin  force,  and  treat  the 
uterus  directly,  once  a  day,  with  the  uterine  electrode  P.  P., 
while  moving  N.  P.  over  the  dorsal  \ertebra3,  about  five  to 
fifteen  minutes,  at  the  close  of  general  tonic  treatment. 

If  there  be  no  hemorrhage,  properly,  but  only  too  profuse  or 
too  long-continued  fiow  of  catamenia,  the  discharge  may  com- 
monly be  stopped  by  one  or  two  treatments,  of  eight  to  ten 


Iv 


I. 


164  Ki.K«:TKi(;Af.  mkdjcation. 

minutes  each,  with  the  uterine  electrtnle,  as  presorihed  above. 
Medical   Treatment:— H.      TInct.   CannabiH   Indicra  (En. 

Sig. — Five  to  ten  dropi  every  four  hours. 

One  or  two  doses  usually  suHicient  to  control  the  hem- 
orrhaire.  Not  udviHable  to  arrewt  it  etitirely  during  tlic  time  ot 
nieuhtrimtiiig.  Should  they  ceaHe  too  wxm,  apply  P.  V.  of  the 
B  D  current,  on  the  spine  between  the  HJioulders,  N.  P.  over 
the  bowels  and  limbs,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  once  or  twice  a 
day. 

Amenokkikea,     {Supp'ensed  Menstruation.') 

Eledrieal  Treatment. — Treat  as  for  chlorosis.  Ihit  if  the 
case  be  recent — the  effect  of  taking  cold — l>egin,  in  the  first 
few  sittings,  to  treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes  as  for  com- 
mon cold;  then  conclude  tlie  sitting  by  treating,  about  as 
many  ininutes,  in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  for  chlo- 
rosis. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5, . — Tinct.  cimicifuga 5j. 

Sig. — Ten  to  twenty  dropc  every  two  or  three  hours. 

5,. — Tinct.  aloes "'. 

"      ferri  chloride   3j. 

Fluid  extract  ergot 3J. 

Ess.  wintergreen 3J 

Syrup,  simplex sjv-  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  six  hours.  Not  indicated  in 
inflammation  of  the  uterus  or  pregnancy. 

5. — Wintergreen  leaves zi- 

Aqua  pura oj.  m. 


itSlf. 


|rril)C(I  above. 
Iinlicii  (En. 


<>1   tlie  hem- 

^  the  time  ot 

I*.  I*,  of  the 

f,  X.  V.  over 

••(!  or  twice  u 


Ihit  if  tlie 

1,  in  tlie  first 

iiH  for   com- 

ii<;,  ulK)ut  as 

)ed  for  chlo- 


!]• 
Iiours. 

■1 

J- 
j- 

jv.  m. 
indicated  in 


ra. 


KLKrrKICAL,    IIKUICATIUN.  155 

Sig. — St<'<'p  until  the  Htreiit^th  is  extracted.  Stniin  itiid 
drink  one  ounc^  every  three  or  four  hourti  for  four  duyb  Uifore 
menstruation  in  exjiected. 

IloifMtupathle  Treatment. — Puis,  sepia. 

DvsMKNOKKncKA.     [Poinful   MenHtruatton.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  the  disease  l»e  occasioned  by 
uterine  dihplacerueiit,  ol»i*tructin<^  tlie  r>«  vterl,  tlie  organ  must 
be  restored  to  its  normal  position.  This  can  best  be  done  by 
mechanical  action.  IJut  it  is  most  commonly  o(!casioni'd  by 
irritation  of  the  mucous  membraiu!  lining  tlie  interior  cavity  of 
the  uterus.  Mucous  surfaces^  under  r74/Y>n«c  irritation,  are  elec- 
trically negative.  Therefore,  in  this  case,  if  it  be  an  old  one, 
taking  the  A  D  current,  very  inllf!  force.,  'ipp'y  the  uterine 
electrode,  N.  P.,  to  the  oa  uteri.,  and  treat  over  the  lower  dor- 
B"-]  and  upper  luniltar  vertebrte  with  P.  P.,  long  cord.  Treat 
five  to  fifteen  minutes,  three  times  a  week. 

Vtwt  I  should  add,  that  recovery  from  tliis  infirmity,  when 
occasioned  by  uterine  irritation,  'vill  be  much  aided  by  com- 
mencing each  sitting  with  a  (jeneral  tonic  treatment,  and  clos- 
ing with  the  treatment  j'lst  above  prescribed. 

The  last  described  form  of  dysmenorrhoRa  is  sometimes  at- 
tended with  spasmodic  contraction  of  the  oa  nteri,  thus  pre- 
venting the  catamenial  flow.  This  may  be  readily  relieved  by 
applying  P.  P.  to  uterus,  and  N.  P.  to  lower  dorsal  and  upper 
lumbar  vertebne. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

IJ. — Tinct.  gelsemini 3j. 

Spirits  frumentum ?jj.  m. 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  every  two  liours. 

ft. —  \^alerianate  ammonia '. 3j. 

Syrup,  simplex |jv.  m. 


I. 


156  KT-KOTRIOAL    MKOIOATIOl,. 

Sig. — Ono-half  to  one  toiiHpoonful  every  two  or  three  hours. 

3. — Tinct.  opii,  gtt.,  five  to  fifteen,  as  indicjited. 

3. — Ext.  solid  hyoscyainl grH.  X. 

««     gelHeniin "    v- 

Quinine "    xx.  m. 

Fiat  pilultn  No.  10. 

Sfg. — Take  one  pill  every  tliree  or  four  hours. 
Homoeojpathio  Treatment. — CoUinsonia,  Sabina,  S -neoin. 

Eni.Ei-SY. 

Symptomatology. — ^Tlie  patient  fulls  suddenly,  and  is  seized 
with  convulsions.  The  senses  are  suspended,  and  the  subject 
paralyzed.  The  features  are  distorted,  and  the  eyes  fixed. 
During  the  convulsions  the  tongue  is  bitten,  and  a  bloody, 
frothy  mucus  issues  from  the  mouth.  The  tongue,  on  exam- 
•nation,  presents  old  cicatrices,  the  results  of  former  attacks, 
and  this  condition  of  the  tongue  is  highly  diiignostio  of  true 
epilepsy.  The  attacks  return  at  stated  periods,  and  generally 
increase  in  severity  as  the  patient  grows  older. 

A  few  of  the  many  causes  of  the  disease  named  aro  as  fol- 
lows :  Teething,  irritation  of;  menses,  suppression  of;  head, 
injuries  of;  sperinatt)rrh(Ba;  masturbation,  etc. 

Electrieal  Treatment. — If  from  teething,  wrap  the  metallic 
part  of  the  tojigue  instrument  with  muslin  or  t..nibric  several 
times  around  the  same.  Moisten  with  molasses.  Use  B  D 
current,  mild  force.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  in  the 
left  hand  of  the  operator.  Apply  the  right  hand  to  the  pa- 
tient's neck,  throat,  jaws,  etc.,  to  remove  irritation.  If  the 
gums  are  very  much  swollen,  precede  with  lancing.  If  from 
worms,  use  A  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue.  Ma- 
nipulate  with  N.  P.  oyer  the  st  raach,  bowels  and  limbs,  ten 
to  twenty  minutes,  ot  apply  P.  * .  sponge  cup  to  the  back  of 
the  neck;   N.  P.  over  the  body  generally  ten  to  twenty  min- 


til  roe  hours. 
Iited. 


XX.  m. 


a,  S  'uecin. 

and  is  seized 
id  the  subject 
e  eyes  fixed, 
ind  a  bloody, 
ue,  on  exam. 
>rraer  attacks, 
lostio  of  true 
and  generally 

led  art'  as  fol- 
ion  of;  head, 

>  the  ujetallic 
111  brie  several 
i:    Use  a  D 

N.  p.  in  the 
id  to  the  pa- 
ion.  If  the 
ig.  If  from 
ongue.  Ma- 
id  limbs,  ten 

the  back  of 
twenty  min- 


BLROTRIOAL   UKDIOAAOA.  167 

ntea.  Repeat  as  indicated.  If  amenon  hcca  (sn^preiiicd  mi  i- 
Btraation),  as  directed  in  anotl.or  paru  of  t^ie  work.  If  spArru- 
BtorrhflBa,  as  directed  in  another  part  oi  the  work. 

Medical  Treatment: — "Worm  medicine. 

3. — Santonine gT%.  xxv. 

Podophyllin ♦•    j  vss. 

Populine "    xxv. 

White  sugar 3J8B.  m. 

Slg. — Mix  thoroughly,  and  put  in  a  ground  stopper  bottle. 
Dose  for  a  child  from  one  to  three  years  old,  one  to  three 
grains  on  retiring,  for  two  or  three  days,  when  a  small  dose  of 
castor  oil  may  be  given;  or  a  dose  may  be  given  every  four 
hours  for  a  day  or  two,  and  foUoM'ed  witli  oil,  if  indicated. 

9. — Hydrocyanate  ferri 3j. 

Falv.  valerian 3jj. 

Fiat  pilulce,  No.  120. 

Sig. — One  pill  night  and  morning. 

Oases  yield  to  the  treatment  in  four,  six,  nine  and  twelve 
months.  Use  electricity  on  principles  laid  down  in  the  work 
for  conditions  as  manifested  from  time  to  time.  The  treat- 
ment has  been  nsed  successfully  in  chorea,  neuralgia  and  other 
severe  nervous  affections. 

Prescriptions  for  the  last  named  diseases: 

5. — Hydrocyanate  ferri g*  s.  jx. 

Sulphate  quinine "    vj. 

Extract  opii «    ss. 

Oonserve  roses "    qs.  m. 

Sig. — Make  nine  pills.     One  pill  every  three  hours. 

5. — Hydrocyanate  ferri grs.  xxxvj 

Sulphate  quinine "    xxjv 

Extract  opium  aqueous "    jj. 

«       valerian  alcoholic "    x.  m. 


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ELKCTRICAL   MKDICATIOV. 


Sig. — Make  thirh'-six  pills.  Take  one  cverv  three  or  tour 
hours,  as  indicated.  (See  Tilden's  Journal  of  Materia  jLed- 
ica,  P.  166-7-8.) 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Ignatia,  Bell.,  Ciipriira. 

Imi'otknce. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Take  tlie  B  D  current,  moderate 
force.  Treat  exactly  as  in  spermatorrlia3a,  except  with  reversed 
■poles,,  using  the  long  cord,  with  P.  P.  Treat  thrice  u  week. 
Also,  P.  P.  to  the  nerve  centers  between  the  shoulders,  and  K. 
P.  over  the  stomach,  liver,  bowels,  pubes  and  limbs,  to  the 
knees,  fifteen  to  twenty  minutes  alternately,  with  the  first- 
named  treatment,  medium  force.  General  tonic  treatment 
should  be  given  once  or  twice  a  week 

Medical  Treatment, — ^.     Dilute  phosphoric  acid. 

Sig. — Three  to  six  drops  to  be  given  two  or  three  times  a 
day. 

!>,. — Tinct.  cantharides  gtt.  j.  to  jv.  two  or  three  times  a 
day. 

IJ. — Elixir  of  pyrophosphate  of  iron  and  soda. 

Sig.  — (^ne  to  two  teaspoonsful  three  times  a  day. 

Used  in  a  numerous  class  of  subjects  of  a  nervous,  delicate 
organization. 

DizziNEf?3  OF  Old  and  Corpulent  People. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  a])ply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  generally  down  to  the  pubes, 
x.cn  to  fifteen  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  inner  part  of 
the  thighs  three  to  five  minutes.  Then  hold  the  sponge-roll 
between  the  thighs,  and  apply  P.  P.  over  the  kidneys  ten  to 
fifteen  minutes.  This  disease  is  caused  by  the  kidneys  failing 
to  seciete  the  uric  acid.     It  is  therefore  retained  in  the  blood 


ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


159 


three  or  lour 
Materia  jifed- 


)riim. 


ent,  moderate 
with  reversed 
hrice  u  week, 
ildors,  and  N. 
limbs,  to  the 
itli  the  first- 
lie   treatment 


acid. 


tliree  timcB  a 
ihree  times  a 
ia. 

vous,  delicate 

3PLE. 

|)ply  P.  P.  to 
to  the  piibes, 
inner  part  of 
e  sponge-roll 
idneys  ten  to 
idnejB  failing 
L  in  the  blood 


and  carried  to  the  brain.  Frequently  people  fall  dead  witii 
this  disease,  simulating  apoplexy.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day 
for  a  day  or  two.     Afterwards,  two  or  three  times  a  week. 

IJ.— Scilli  martini  a 3jj.  to  jjj. 

Spirits  nitre  dulc 3J^'-  i"- 

Let  it  stand  four  or  five  days.     Shake  it  daily. 
Sig._One  teaspoonfnl  three  times  a  day. 
Ilomoeopathlo  Treatment.— A-Qou.,  Beil.,  Nux  vomica,  Bry- 
onia, Puis. 

Inflammation.  Soreness,  or  Tenderness  of  the  Feet,  from 

whatever  cause. 
Electrical  Treatment. —Fill  a  wash-bowl  nearly  full  of  tepid 
water.  Put  the  feet  in  the  same.  Use  B  D  current,  apply  N.  P., 
long  cord,  under  the  toes,  P.  P.  to  the  heels,  five  to  ten  minute.. 
Eeverse  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  heels  in  the  water,  P.  P.  over 
the  feet  five  to  ten  minutes.  Remove  IS .  P.  and  apply  betwen 
the  feet,  in  front  of  the  ankles,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  outside  of 
each  foot  five  minutes.  Treat  once  a  day  for  two  or  three  days. 
The  hands,  if  inflamed,  may  be  treated  about  the  same  way, 
and  the  same  length  of  time.  A  weak  solution  of  alum-water, 
tannin,  or  aromatic  sulphuric  acid  may  be  used.  Apply  on 
retiring. 

Otitis.     {InfiammMion  of  the  Ear) 

Symptomatology.— Yam  in  the  ear,  sometimes  of  a  very 
acute  character.  The  ear  in  all  cases  should  be  examined  with 
a  speculum.  The  disease  may  terminate  in  supuration  if  not 
treated  in  the  early  stages  of  the  disease. 
'  Electncal  Treatment.— JJse  B  D  current.  Take  P.  P.  in 
the  right  hand,  apply  one  finger  of  the  same  to  the  inflamed 
ear,  K  P.  in  the  hand  of  the  patient,  opposite  inflamed  ear, 
treat  in  and  about  the  ear  five  to  fifteen  minutes.     P.  P.  may 


pppiplilllivpilp^ 


160  ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 

be  applied  to  the  jaw  and  neck  five  to  ten  minutes.  ?  loposing 
the  above  treatment  to  have  been  for  the  right  ear  and  left 
hand  of  the  patient,  change  and  treat  same  way  for  inflam- 
mation of  the  left  ear,  or  N.  P.,  long  cord,  attached  to  the 
tongue  instrument,  and  apply  to  the  tongue,  while  the  operator 
holds  P.  P.  in  one  hand  and  applies  the  index  finger  of  each 
hand  to  the  ears,  having  previously  dipped  the  ends  of  each 
in  water.  Treat  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  N,  P.  to 
the  base  of  the  spine,  or  to  one  limb,  or  between  the  feet,  and 
treat  the  ears  as  before,  five  to  ten  minutes  with  P.  P.  Treat 
once  or  twice  a  day  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatment. — 5.  Introduce  into  the  ear  lint  sat- 
urated with  equal  parts  of  Tinct.  lobelia  and  aconite,  to  which 
may  be  added  three  to  five  drops  of  laudanum  if  the  pain  is 
severe. 

Orchitis.     {Injla/iwmation  of  Testicles.) 

Symptomatology. — Pain,  heat  and  swelling  in  the  aflfected 
organ.  The  pain  is  of  a  very  acute  character.  The  scrotum 
is  red,  and  the  veins  on  its  surface  prominent. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  B  D  current,  place  the 
scrotum  and  P.  P.  in  a  mug  of  water.  Manipulate  with  N.  P., 
long  cord,  over  the  abdomen,  hips  and  back,  ten  to  fifteen  min- 
utes, once  or  twice  a  day  until  relieved.    In  addition  use: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

IJ — Tinct.  arnica. 5jj- 

"      humulus  lupuluB |jj. 

"      polygonum  punctatum |jv.  m. 

Make  a  bran  poultice  by  saturating  with  the  tinctures,  and 
apply  as  indicated. 

51. — Arnica  flowers,  hops  and  smart- weed,  in  the  above 
proportions  may  be  boiled  together.    When  cold  apply. 


-'Aiidsmk. 


ELECTIMOAL    MEDICATION. 


161 


1 


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ppOSlTt^ 

ear  and  leil 
for  inflam- 
ached  to  the 
the  operator 
inger  of  each 
ends  of  each 
)ply  N.  P.  to 
the  feet,  and 
P.  P.     Treat 

e  ear  lint  sat- 
nite,  to  which 
f  the  pain  is 

es.) 

n  the  aifected 
The  scrotum 

int,  place  the 
tewithN.P., 
to  fifteen  min- 
iiion  use: 


tinctures,  and 

in  the  above 
apply. 


Epistaxis.     (Bleeding  of  the  Nose!) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  Ta1;e  P.  P.  in 
the  right  hand,  apply  two  fingers  of  the  same,  ono  on  each  side 
of  the  nose,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  on  the  back  of  the  neck,  which 
usually  arrests  bleeding  in  two  to  five  minutej.  Should  bleed- 
ing recur,  treat  as  directed,  every  fifteen  to  thirty  minutes. 

Medical  Trea^'^ent. — Styptic  for  hemorrhage.  (Topical.) 
Red  or  styptic  powder,  composed  of  iron  and  alum.  (See 
American  Dispensatory.)  Perchloride  of  iron  has  been  used 
quite  successfully,  administered  in  epistaxis,  hemoptysis,  liem- 
atemesis,  menorrhagia,  uterine  and  other  hemorrhages  of  a 
passive  character.  The  dose  is  from  five  to  ten  drops  in  an 
ounce  or  two  of  water,  and  repeating  it  every  one,  two  or  three 
hours  until  relieved.  Or  Tinct.  cannabis  indica  (English), 
three  to  five  drops  every  half  hour  uiitil  two  or  three  doses 
have  been  taken. 

Gastkitis.     (Inflammation  of  the  Stomach^ 

Symptomatology. — ^Vomiting,  pain  in  the  region  of  the 
stomach,  together  with  a  burning  sensation.  The  pulse  is  hard 
and  wiry,  the  temperature  is  elevated,  there  is  tenderness  on 
pressure  over  the  region  of  the  stomach.  The  tongue  is  dry 
and  red,  the  urine  scanty  and  high  colored;  the  vomiting 
persistent,  every  substance  taken  into  the  stomach  being  re- 
jected, if  the  disease  is  about  to  terminate  fatally  the  vomited 
matter  assumes  the  appearance  of  coffee  grounds. 

Stomach.     (Inflammation  of.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P. 
over  the  stomach,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  on  the  spine  below,  five  to 
twenty  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  neck,  N.  P.  over 
the  stomach,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  P.  P.  to  the  tongue, 
N.  P.  over  the  stomach,  three  to  five  minutes.  Treat  once, 
II 


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102 


KLKCTRICAL    MKDICATION. 


twice,  three  times,  or  ofteiier  the  iirst  day  or  two.  If  there 
should  be  determination  of  blood  to  the  head,  ap|)ly  N,  P.  to 
the  feet.  Moisten  the  hair,  and  apply  P.  P.,  mild  furce,  to 
the  head,  three  to  five  miimtes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  hack 
of  the  neck,  sides  of  the  ne^'k,  between  the  clavicle  and  scap- 
ula, five  to  ten  minutes  to  each  point  or  part  named.  Treat 
two  or  three  times  a  day.  Change  as  conditions  change, 
spending  less  time  and  treating  less  frequently  in  this  and  all 
either  diseases.  Let  the  patient  drink  freely  of  ehn  water.  The 
tincture  of  arnica  and  aconite,  or  veratrum  may  be  given  in 
small  doses  alternately,  every  hour  or  two.  Let  the  diet  be 
light  and  digestible.  Enemas  of  gruel,  beef  tea,  etc.,  should  be 
given  if  the  stomach  will  not  tolerate  food. 

Cerebko  Spinal  Meningitis. 

Symjytomatology. — Characterized  by  pain  passing  up  and 
down  the  spine,  tenderness  on  pressure  over  the  spinal  column, 
headache,  fever,  delirium,  rigidity  of  the  muscles  of  the  neck 
and  back,  almost  constant  symptoms.  In  some  cases  there  is 
tetanic,  convulsions  and  paralysis.  The  body  may  be  bent 
backwards  opisthotonos,  or  forwards  emprosthotouos,  or  there 
may  be  only  a  simple  rigidity  of  the  muscles.  Tlie  patient 
lias  difticulty  in  swallowing,  the  bowels  are  veiy  constipated, 
and  in  some  cases  there  is  vomiting.  The  respiration  is  slow 
and  irregular.  The  patient  sometimes  dies  suddenly  of 
asphyxia. 

Electrical  Treatment. — (See  "Wood's  Practice  for  an  elaborate 
description  of  the  various  forms  of  meningitis,  myletis,  etc.,  etc.) 
If  there  is  a  tetfiuic  condition  of  the  system  generally,  use  A  D  or 
B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  all  over  the 
body  and  limbs,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Devote  one-half  of  the 
time  to  the  spine,  commencing  at  the  base  of  the  brain,  and 
treating  downwardly  to  coccyx.  Use  cords  of  equal  length. 
If  the  above  treatment  does  not  relieve  the  patient,  apply  N. 


>       ^%ft^^'    U    K 


■SP 


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Er.KCTBIOAL    MEDICATION. 


163 


ro.  If  tlieie 
\Ay  N.  P.  to 
iiild  force,  to 
to  the  back 
le  and  scap- 
mncd.     Treat 

II  thi.s  and  all 
1  water.  The 
y  be  given  in 
it  the  diet  be 
to.,  should  be 


3sing  up  and 
pinal  colunin, 
s  of  the  neck 
cases  tlicre  is 
may  be  bent 
juos,  or  thei'c 

Tlie  patient 
y  constipated, 
ration  is  slow 

suddenly   of 

)r  an  elaborate 
letis,  etc.,  etc.) 
ily,  use  A  D  or 
*.  all  over  the 
ine-half  of  the 
he  brain,  and 
equal  length, 
ent,  apply  N. 


Y.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to  the  upper  part  of  the  spine,  ten  to  fif- 
teen minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  hetween  the  ohivlde  and 
scapula,  on  each  side  of  the  neck,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then 
moisten  the  hair,  and  treat  the  head  three  to  five  minutes,  mild 
force.  The  above  treatment  is  for  the  first  treatn:ent  given  in 
a  bad  cj»ie.  'In  milder  cases,  occupy  less  time.  Repeat  the 
treatments  or  portions  as  seemeth  best.  I  should  have  stated, 
while  treating  the  head,  the  eyes  and  ears  should  also  be  treated 
as  directed  for  congestion  or  inflammation  of  tlie  brain,  etc., 
five  to  ten  minutes. 

When  reaction  takes  place,  give  general  tonic  treatments 
once  or  twice  a  day,  with  stlmu  nts  and  tonics.  No  person 
except  a  physician  should  attempt  to  give  this  treatment,  and 
not  he  unless  conversant  with  the  p^'ineiples  taught  in  this 
work.  The  bowels  should  be  relieved  by  enemas  of  water,  a 
solution  of  Epsom  salts,  castile  soap-suds,  etc.  Diet  should  be 
light,  but  nutritious.  Aconite,  belladona  and  dextro-quinine 
may  also  be  used.  Never  use  quiniue  if  there  is  inflammation 
or  congestion  of  the  brain. 

Komceopathic  Treatment. — Hyoscyam.,  Hellab. 

Inflammation  op  the  Spleen, 

Symptomatology. — Deep-seated  pain,  wiry  pulse,  tongue 
coated  with  a  white  covering,  the  temperature  considerably 
elevated,  the  bowels  costive.  Inflammation  of  the  spleen  is 
intimately  connected  with  malarial  diseases. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  over 
the  spleen,  N.  P.  over  the  liver,  on  the  back  or  at  the  coccyx 
ten  to  thirty  minutes,  dividing  the  time  between  the  three 
points  of  application.  Use  cords  of  equal  length.  Treat  three 
to  six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5 . — Valerianate  ammonia 3j. 

Aqua  pura i^. 


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164  ELKCTBIOAL   MKDICATTON. 

Sig.— One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

ft. — Leptandrine g™.  xy. 

Conserve  of  roses qs.  m. 

Fiat  pihilffi  No.  20. 

gig. — One  to  three  pills  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

ft.— Tinct.  gelFemini gtts.jjj.  to  vj. 

every  three  hours. 

Spleen.     {Enlargement  of.) 

Syjnptomatology.— When  the  organ  becomes  enlarged  there 
is  an  increase  in  the  area  of  dullness,  and  by  careful  palpatioix 
we  are  enabled  to  make  out  the  increased  bulk  of  the  organ. 

Electrical  Treatment.— Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  spleen  and  below  it,  ten  minutes. 
Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  and  N.  P.  over  the 
spleen  as  before,  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  spleen 
and  N.  P.  over  the  liver,  ten  minutes.  Then  N.  V.  ai  coccyx, 
P.  P.  over  the  spleen,  ten  minutes.  Treat  three  to  six  times 
a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

ft. — Iodide  of  iron  and  syrup  of  manga- 
nese.   S]' 

Sig. Five  to  ten  drops  every  two  or  three  hours  alternately 

with  No.  2. 

ft. — Tinct.  gelsemini,  gtt,  three  to  six,  alternately  with 

No.  1. 

Ovaries.     (Inflammation  of.) 

Symptomatology. — Paiu  and  tenderness  in  the  region  of  the 
ovaries.  The  pulse  is  quick  and  the  temperature  elevated. 
The  tongue  is  coated  with  a  whitish  covering,  and  the  bowels 


wmmmm 


to  six  times 


KLEOTRIOAL   MEDICATION.  165 

are  constipated.     Menstruation  is  painful,  irregular  and  small 
In  quantity. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  13  0  or  B  D  cuiTent.  Attach 
P.  P.  lon(f  cord  to  the  vaginnl  electrode;  introduce  per  vagina 
to  the  uterus.  Ajjply  P.  P.  over  the  ovaries  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day,  or  apply  P.  P.  over 
the  ovaries,  N.  P.  long  cord,  at  the  coccyx,  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.  The  treatments  may  be  alternated  daily,  or  every 
other  day,  until  relief  is  obtained.  Inject  a  soluticm  of  Ep- 
som salts  into  the  vagina  once  or  twice  a  day,  using  mild  force. 
Hamamelis,  or  a  poultice  of  hops,  may  be  applied  over  the 
ovaries. 

Pbueitus.     {Of  the  Vulva.) 

Symptomatology. — Intense  itching  and  irritation  of  the 
external  organs  of  generation.  It  is  very  often  seen  in  preg- 
nancy. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  or  B  E  current.  Attach 
N.  P.,  long  cord.,  to  the  vaginal  electrode,  introduce  per  vagina. 
Apply  P.  P.  over  the  pubes  groins  and  kidneys  ten  to  twenty 
minutes  daily,  if  not  pregnant.  Also  use  a  solution  of  Hy- 
drate chloral  3j,  water  5jv.  m;  dissolve  and  s»)turate  cotton  and 
apply  between  the  labia  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

9. — Gum  camphor. fsa. 

Hydrate  chloral ^ss.  m. 

Triturate  in  a  mortar  until  fluidity  follows.  Add  simple 
cerate  four  ounces.  Apply  to  the  parts  affected  if  the  skin  is 
not  broken. 

]^ . — Permanganate  potasba 3j. 

Aqua  pura Svjjj  to  xjj-m. 

Inject  per  vagina,  one  ounce  on  going  to  bed. 


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IQQ  KLECTRICAI.    MEDICATION. 

ScROFUi.oi  8  OiTii  A  I.MIA.     (  Wit  h  InfolemiKx  of  Liyht.) 

Electrkal    Treatment.— U^    electric' ty    as    directed    for 

chronic  ro.a  eyes, 

Thee(  are  among  the  worst  cases  tliat  physicians  meet  wuh 

in  practice. 

• 

Ij,      0-lema  raorrhna oj* 

i'hvA  ext.  Bcrofularia ".l'*'^- 

«t        «     Phytolacca 3JJ- 

«        «     Iris  versic yj- 

Tinct.  cinchona  comp 3.j.i- 

'  Syrup,  iodide  ferri !^'.1.1J-  ™- 

Sig._One  teaspoonl'ul  three  to  six  times  a  day. 

5.— Argenti  nitras ?•'''•  ^-  *^  '^^• 

Aqua  roBse 3J'  '"  • 

Paint  the  lids  among  the  eye-lashes  while  the  eyes  are  closed. 
In  all  cases  of  scrofulous  opthalmia  or  granulated  eye-lids, 
bathe  the  eyes  morning  and  evening  with  tepid  or  cool  salt- 
brine,  medium  strength.     Let  it  go  into  the  eyes. 

Typhoid  Fever. 

Symptomatology.— The  patient  complains  of  pain  in  the 
head,  and  back  chills.  The  tongue  is  covered  with  a  brown  or 
yellowish  coating.  There  is  in  the  l)eginning  constipation  of 
the  bowels,  which  may  soon  -change  to  diarrhanv.  The  pulse 
is  accelerated,  and  there  is  a  marked  elevation  of  temperature. 
There  is  a  petechial  eruption  on  the  abdomen.  The  bowels 
are  bloated  and  tympanitic.  There  is  delirium  generally,  and 
the,  lips  and  '.eeth  are  covered  with  brown  sordes.     The  urine 


KLKCTRIOAL    MEDICATION. 


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I'vectetl    for 
meet  wiih 


I- 

ij- 
ij- 


^rs.  X.  to  XX. 
5J.  m. 

28  are  closed, 
ted  eye-lids, 
or  cool  salt- 


pain  in  the 

ii  a  brov/n  or 

ristipation  of 

The  pulse 

temperature. 

The  bowels 

jnerally,  and 

The  nrine 


is  Hcanty  and  of  a  ('ark  red  color.  The  bo\v«>l8  continue  to 
hlo.!*^;  t'le  cn  cua'.i')nrt  nrv  sometimes  watery,  arid  at  others 
dark,  <>ffent.i''e  and  bloody.  There  is  cough  and  a  crepitant 
rhoiicus.  If  the  disease  is  '  ^otit  to  terminate  fatully,  the  symp- 
toms will  increase  in  Sf.d'ity.  The  patient  becouu-ft  stupid, 
with  low  muttering  ^elir'um,  picking  at  the  bed  clothes^  And 
fre<pi<"'tly  there  may  be  hi'tnorrliage  from  tiie  bowels  to  sucii 
au  extent  as  to  cause  death.  Again,  the  ulcerution  of  ti:« 
bov.is  may  Imj  so  great  as  to  allow  their  contents  to  escape  by 
pjrforation  into  tlie  cavity  of  the  abdomen,  causing  at  first 
pain,  but  soon  subsiding.  The  jiaticnt  soon  is  in  a  state  of 
collapse,  covered  with  a  cold,  clammy  svvcat;  the  pulse  ceasc'^, 
and  death  follows. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  if  the  fever  is  hi,,  i.  ;j- 
ply  P.  P.  tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue,  X.  P  '  ni,  i, 
all  over  the  body  and  limbs  briskly  five  to  ten  .  ir>  *?■-,  if 
there  are  indications  of  delirium  treat  the  head 
congestion  or  inflamma,'on  of  the  brain.  The 
apply  N.  P.  of  the  A  D  current  between  the  il' 
Manipulate  with  P.  P.  side-sponge  cup  over  the 
to  thirty  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  ?.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  ;-ver 
the  kidneys  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  using  cords  of  equal  length. 
Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet  and  N.  P.  over  the  spine 
and  bowels  upwardly  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  let  ten  minutes 
of  the  time  be  devoted  to  the  spine.  Repeat  the  treatment  or 
portions  tliat  seem  to  be  indicated  twice  a  day,  once  a  day 
or  every  other  day,  or  three  or  four  days,  as  rcfpiired.  For 
inflammation  of  th«  stomach  use  B  D  current,  lUMdernte  force. 
Here  let  me  caution  you  concernirig  the  use  of  electricity  in 
the  treatment  of  inflammatory  conditions  wherever  located, 
that  you  must  not  iise  any  current  of  sufficient  force  so  as  to 
produce  an  unpleasant  sensation,  if  you  do,  you  will  aggravate 
a'ld  irritate  the  parts  to  which  it  is  applied;  but  begin  with  a 
very  mild,  or  light  current,  increase  the  force  in  proportion  to 


I  tr,  :€'!  in 

cli    ige  and 

V  ?i'  coccyx. 

ai:omen  ten 


-^iw*wt*f*^«?- 


^.(•*Ww.».J-»tll»^-," 


168 


ELKCTBIOAL    MKDIOATION. 


the  fiubsidaiice  of  tlie  inflmiunation,  thereby  producing  under  thfl 
treiitnimit  a  nover-l'ailing  atio<l>jne  or  aoothiuo  effect,  6»pe  lally 
when  13  D  aud  the  iong  Mvd  are  uned  with  P.  P.  applied  to 
parts  iiifiauied.  Apply  P.  P.  over  the  stomach,  N.  P.  lon4j 
cord,  on  the  spine  opi)o«ite,  or  at  the  coccyx,  ten  to  twenty 
•  •MiutOH.  Tlien  appiy  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P. 
over  and  below  the  stomach  five  to  ten  minutes.  It  is  not 
politic  10  commence  the  treatment  of  this  disease  with  hydra- 
ji^ogue  cathartics.  They,  like  undij^ostible  food,  are  almost 
certain  to  prove  disastrous  to  the  patient.  After  givinif  the 
electricid  treatment  the  body  should  be  bathed  in  vinegar  and 
water,  whisky  and  water,  or  soda  water.  If  the  ^jowels  are 
constipated,  give  milk  and  water  injections,  or  inject  a  solution 
of  cpsom  salts,  soap-suds  or  warm  water.  If  the  stomach  is 
engorji^ed  with  indigestible  food,  give  an  emetic  of  ipecac  or 
lobelia,  having  previously  given  one-half  to  one  j>int  of  warm 
ginger  tea.  Alternate  the  tea  with  the  emetic  every  fifteen  or 
twenty  minu^^es,  until  the  contents  of  the  stoniacli  have  been 
ejected.  Bathe  the  body  frequently  if  there  is  fever.  Do  not 
administer  medicines  that  will  prevent  the  free  u.-e  of  acids. 
Beef  tea,  pearl  sago,  weak  gruel,  fresh  milk,  the  acid  of  cider 
vinegar,  pickles  aud  lemonade,  should  be  used  freely,  if  craved 
by  the  patient. 

Pure  whisky  as  a  stimulant  and  neutralizer  of  the  poison 
is  indicated,  more  or  less  during  the  sickness,  unless  the  person 
has  a  natural  desire,  or  an  acquired  appetite  for  the  sanae.  Ad- 
minister the  usual  tonics  in  the  absence  of  the  fever.  The 
tonic  effoct  of  electricity  is  much  better  however.  Tonics  may 
be  used  with  electricity. 

^. — Sulphurous  acid,  dilute 3jj. 

Syrup  orange  peel 5jjj.  ra. 

Sig. — Of  this  compound  give  fi-om  twenty  to  thirty  drops 
every  three  or  four  hours,  until  cured,  (excepting  when  the 
patient  is  sleeping.) 


.  ■.i^-;:,ji3-j:i<ei^^ 


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ILSUTSICAL    MKDIOA'riON. 


169 


ii,if  under  thft 
t,  e»j>e  tally 
applied  tf> 
N.  P.  lomj 
n   t<»  twenty 
nccrk,  N.  P. 
Il  itt  Hot 
with  liydm- 
lii-e   nliiiost 
!•  giving  the 
vinegar  and 
e  Uowels  are 
ct  a  Hohition 
?  stomach  is 
of  ipecac  or 
)iut  ot'  warm 
ery  fifteen  or 
ih  have  been 
ver.     Do  not 
use  of  acids, 
acid  of  cider 
ely,  if  craved 

f  the  poison 

ss  the  person 

e  same.  Ad- 

fever.     The 

Tonics  may 

tliirty  drops 
ig  when  the 


Rest  is  natures  great  restorer.  No  wrecks,  no  losses,  under 
the  electrical  and  medicr.l  treatment  for  fifteen  years  past.  The 
following  ujuy  be  used  in  the  absenct*  of  electricity  or  in  col- 
junction  with  it  in  cases  of  emergency.  It  has  never  been 
necessary  to  use  it  in  connection  with  electricity  in  my  prac- 
tice. 

Take  eqvial  parta  of  finely  pulverized  elm  bark  and  white 
sugar,  sufficient  to  make  one  quart  of  thin  mucilage.  Inject 
one  pint  of  warm  water  into  the  rectum  to  remove  all  foecal 
matter.  After  the  bowels  have  been  evacuated,  inject  one  pint 
of  Argenti  nitras,  made  after  the  following: 

Yj,. — Argenti  nitras 388.  to  j. 

Aqua  font oj.  m. 

Let  the  patient  retain  this  two  or  three  minutes,  when  it 
may  be  evacuated.  Then  inject  again  one  pint  of  warm  water 
and  retain  a  short  time.  After  this  is  evacuated,  inject  one 
pint  of  the  elm  mucilage,  more  or  less,  according  to  ago  of  the 
patient.  This  should  be  retained  as  long  as  possible.  When 
giving  the  enemas  place  oil-cloth  under  the  patient  to  protect 
the  bedding.  In  all  cases  of  flux  or  diarrhoea  this  treatment 
will  prove  beneficial. 

In  ulceration  of  the  bowels  repeat  every  fifth  day  until  cured. 

I  prefer  the  following  treatment  to  the  above  for  involun- 
tary evacuations  of  the  bowels.  Use  B  D  current,  apply  P. 
P.  sponge-roll  to  the  coccyx.  N.  P.,  lon^  cord,  over  the  bow- 
els and  spine  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  two  or  three  times  a  day, 
until  arrested.  Should  irritation  follow  the  treatment,  reverse 
the  current  and  treat  as  above. 

Medical  Treatment. — Tinct.  gelsemini,  aconite,  veratrum, 
dovers,  or  diapheretic  powder,  should  be  used  to  control  the 
fever  during  the  intervals  of  treating.  When  tonics  are  indi- 
cated give  general  tonic  treatment. 

Homceopathio  Treatment. — Bryonia,  Rhus.,  Gelsem.,  Bap- 
tisia. 


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170 


KI.KCTKirAI.    MHDIOATIOK. 


Abm'Khh  or  Amtkum. 

Symptoinatology  ~  Thrn*  Ih  (Ii'dj)  Hfiiti'd  puin  in  flio  f'upp, 
car  aixl  ti'iiij)onil  rf'jji«)n;  mwoIHii^  iui«l  itiIik'sk  of  tin-  clu'f'k  of 
tlu'  iirte<'t»-(l  Hide,  fever  and  headaclu'  and  formation  of  J)Uh. 
Tlie  |»nH  ^eiienilly  nnikeg  it«  j'HCHpe  tliroii^ii  the  tiiin  InMiy  wall 
in  front;  wonietiniei*  it  makes  it8  escape  into  the  nana!  pasmijjjes, 
and  is  discliarged.  It  lias  also  been  known  to  escape  through 
the  hollow  left  hy  the  extraetion  of  a  molar  tooth  from  the 
njip»'r  jaw. 

nintory  and  Treatment. — Male,  aged  forty-tive;  jirofession, 
a  painter;  compiained  of  considerable  nneasiness  in  the  tem- 
jioral  rejrion  in  and  aroun<l  the  right  ear,  tor  three  weeks,  when 
he  look  to  his  h.^d  and  sent  for  his  physician,  who  diagnosed 
luH  case  nenralgia,  and  treated  him  ulunit  eleven  (lays  for  the 
same,  during  which  time  he  had  no  rest  except  when  nnder 
the  inriuence  of  morphia  injected  in  the  neck.  On  if  e  after- 
noon of  the  eleventh  day  of  his  confinement  to  his  hed  T  was 
called  to  see  him;  louiid  a  high  state  of  intlannnatory  action 
in  the  teinporal  region,  face,  fauces,  etc.;  right  side  of  Imb 
head  extremely  sensitive  to  the  touch,  also  right  side  of  his 
face.  He  complained  of  excruciating  jMiins  in,  around  and 
alxive  the  ear  and  temple,  also  in  his  cheek  and  right  side  of 
his  neck.  He  stated  that  lie  felt  as  though  the  right  side  of  hii* 
head  was  enlarged,  swolen,  etc.,  which  I  couhl  not  discover; 
the  right  side  of  his  face  was  considerahly  swolen,  extending 
downward.  Along  tlie  jaw-bone  to  the  chin,  the  parotid  sub- 
maxillary and  sub-lingual,  and  neighboring  parts  were  very 
much  swiden,  sntKciently  to  obstruct  the  luisal  cavity,  stretched 
back  into  the  pharynx,  ho  is  to  interfere  with  respiration. 

Electrical  Treatmerd. — First.  Used  B  D  current,,and  P.  P. 
attached  to  the  tongue  instrument  applied  to  the  tongue,  and 
applied  N.  P.  over  the  body  and  limbs  generally  lifteen  min- 
utes.    This  was  to  force  the  blood  from  the  center  to  the  sur- 


in  fli«  face, 
I  lie  <'lit'«'k  «it' 

lltiull     of    j,||M. 

Iiiii  Ixtiiy  wall 

ttsiil   |tllHKIl;^8, 

■itp«  tlir<iii<rh 
'fli   fniiii  the 

;  |»rof«'HKi()n, 
ill  tliu  tem- 
wt't'kK,  wlien 

li»  <iill;r|l()snd 

•  lavs  tor  the 
'  \vh»'ii  iiiulfr 
On  ,(  «•  aftcr- 
hiK  hi'd  I  wag 
iiaforv  actifdi 
t  Hide  of  his 
It  8i(h'  of  hie 

aroiiiid  and 
li^'ht  side  of 
ht  Hide  of  Win 
lot  discover; 
;ii,  extendinjr 
parotid  sub- 
ts  were  very 
ity,  stretched 
)imtiori. 
'it,»and  P.  P. 
tongue,  and 
h'fteen  inin- 
1"  to  the  8ur- 


ELwrrRK'Ai-  Mi;i>i('Ario>f. 


171 


face,  which  relieved  the  head  proportionately,  then-hy  produc- 
ing an  ano<lyrie  and  alterative  etiect;  used  cords  of  e<pial 
lengtli.     Changed. 

S«'Cond.  Applied  N.  P.,  long  cottj,  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to  the 
the  back  of  the  neck  and  between  the  shoidders  ten  to  fifteen 
Miinutes.  Then  applied  P,  P.  to  the  Bides  of  the  neck  hittru'en 
the  chtvidfi  and  ncapuhi  Hve  to  ten  minutes  tswcli.  This  also 
was  to  produce  a  sedative  effect.  • 

Third.  I  then  took  the  P.  P.  in  the  riglit  hand  and  a|)piied 
the  index  finger  of  the  Bame  to  tlic  tympanum  of  the  right 
ear,  or  us  nearly  bo  as  the  conditions  woidd  admit  of.  In<lex 
tiiiijer  of  tl;p  left  hand  to  the  left  ear.  Commenced  with  a  very 
mild  force  and  increased  as  the  Hensitiveiiess  diminished,  five 
to  ten  minutes. 

Fourth.  Changed  and  applied  the  iii<lex  finger  of  the  right 
hand  to  the  eyes  alternately,  whilst  applying  the  left  hand  to 
the  back  of  the  neck  five  to  ten  minutes;  commenced  with  a 
mil<l  force  and  increased  as  before.  1  also  applied  the  index 
finger  of  the  right  hand  to  the  right  eye,  iii<lex  of  the  left  to 
the  left  ear  three  to  five  minutes.  Changed  to  cords  of  ec^ual 
lengtli. 

Fifth.  Applied  N.  P.  to  the  left  hand  of  the  patient,  P.  P. 
over  the  temple  and  side  of  the  face  Hve  to  ten  minutes. 
If  the  parts  are  very  sensitive  aj)ply  the  right  or  left  han<l  to 
the  inflamed  organs  or  parts,  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  same,  to 
modify  the  current.  I  should  have  mentioned  the  fact  that 
while  the  tongue  instrument  was  being  used  with  the  I'.  P.  I 
applied  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  tlie  face,  m^'k  and  jaw,  also  in 
and  around  the  ear;  manipulated  in  this  manner  ten  to  fif- 
teen minutes.  Reversed  the  currents  or  poles,  and  treated  as 
before  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  The  ])aticnt  went  to  sleep  under 
the  treatment  and  slept  several  hours,  when  he  awoke  he  was 
given  a  teaspoonful  of  bromidia.  The  treatment  and  two  tea- 
sir   tiiBful  of  broniidia  caused  him  to  rest  ten  liours  out  of 


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172 


KLECTRICAT,   MICPICATION. 


twelve.  When  I  called  to  see  him  I  found  a  marked  improve- 
meiit.  The  anodyne  and  alterative  effect  of  the  electricity  had 
worked  wonders.  I  repeated  the  treatment  every  six  co  twelve 
hours,  causing  the  patient  to  sleep  and  snore  each  lime.  Con- 
suming less  time  each  treatment.  Abscess  broke  within  forty- 
eight  hours  after  the  first  treatment,  and  discharged  a  large 
quantity  of  very  foetid  matter,  and  the  patient  improved  rapidly 
enough  to  go  riding  within  a  week  from  the  time  of  giving  the 
first  treatment.  I  will  state,  I'or  a  time  after  the  abscess  broke, 
I  treated  him  daily  as  follows,  to  keep  up  an  action  in  tiie  ]v  ts 
diseased,  to  assist  nature  to  repair  the  damages  done  by  inflam- 
mation, etc.  I  used  .A.  D  current,  applied  N.  P.  tongue  instru- 
ment to  the  tongue,  I*.  P.  to  the  face,  ear,  back  of  the  neck, 
over  the  sub-maxillary  gland,  etc.,  fifteen  to  thirty  minutes; 
reversed  the  treatment  about  half  of  the  time  and  used  cords 
of  equal  length.  At  the  present  writing,  a  few  weeks  since  die 
attack,  he  has  resumed  business. 

Medicines  used  were,  anodynes,  alteratives  and  tonics. 

Carbunclb. 

/Symptomatology. — Pain,  heat,  swelling  in  some  part  of  the 
body,  generally  some  spot  on  the  neck,  shoulder  or  nates.  The 
swelling  assumes  a  red,  angry  appearance,  a  small  supurating 
point  appears  at  the  summit,  which  after  a  short  time  grows 
larger,  showing  a  gangrenous,  dirty-looking  surface,  somewhat 
resembling  a  piece  of  dirty  sponge.  There  is  more  or  less 
constitutional  disturbance,  such  as  fever,  chilliness  and  head- 
ache.    The  tongue  is  covered  with  a  brownish  white  covering. 

Electrioal  Treatment. — Use  A  B  current.  a])])ly  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the  diseased  and  inflamed  parts 
ten  minutes.  Change  to  A  D,  use  as  dii-ected  above  ten  min- 
utes, then  change  to  B  D  current.  Ajiply  N.  P.  to  the  spiae 
over  the  seventh  cervical  vertebrae,  at  the  base  of  the  spine  or 
feet  (latter  preferable).     Manipulate  with  P.  P.  over,  around. 


mMifflWHiwiiiiiiM 


ELEOTEIOAL   MEDICATION. 


173 


irked  itnprove- 
electrici'.v  liad 
y  six  to  twelve 
cli  liine.    Con- 
;e  within  forty- 
iiii'gfd  a  large 
proved  rapidly 
e  of  giving  the 
abscess  broke, 
on  in  tliep  Tt8 
ione  by  inflara- 
tongue  instru- 
k  of  the  neck, 
hirty  minutes; 
and  used  cords 
veeks  since  the 

id  tonics. 


ime  part  of  the 
•  or  nates.  The 
all  supurating 
>rt  time  grows 
face,  somewhat 

more  or  less 
ess  and  head- 
r^hite  covering, 
ily  P.  P.  to  the 
inflamed  parts 
hove  ten  min- 
'.  to  tiie  spiae 
f  the  spine  or 

over,  aronnd, 


and  on  each  side  of  the  neck  between  the  clavicle  and  scapula 
ten  to  thirty  minutes.  Treat  every  two,  three  or  four  hours, 
which  will  relieve  the  patient  of  his  severe  suffering  within 
twelve  hours  and  enable  him  to  rest  comfortably,  comparatively 
speaking.  After  having  gotten  control  of  the  inflammatory 
action  treat  often  enough  to  keep  control  until  cured.  For 
drawing  and  healing  use  Black  salve.  Poultices  of  elm,  lin- 
seed meal  or  bread  and  milk  may  also  be  used. 

Boils. 

Electrial  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  cords  of  unequal 
length,  treat  on  the  same  principle.  Cords  or  conductors  of 
electricity  are  cords  or  conductors  of  electricity  that  are  two 
yards  long,  more  or  less.  Conductors  of  electricity  of  unequal 
length  are  one  cord  or  conductor?  of  electricity  two  yards 
long,  more  or  less;  and  one  cord  or  conductors  of  electricity 
four  yards  long,  more  or  less;  or  conductors  of  electricity  used 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  the  conductors  of  electricity  of 
imequal  length  in  the  treatment  of  acute  and  chronic  diseases. 
Cords  of  equal  length  may  be  made  practically  of  unequal 
length,  by  the  operator  passing  the  current  through  parts  of 
his  own  body,  as  for  instance  by  holding  the  electrode  of  one 
cord  in  one  hand,  while  he  applies  to  the  patient  an  electrode 
held  in  the  other  hand.  When  matter  has  formed  make  an  in- 
cision deep  enough  to  remove  the  same.  Heal  with  the  Black 
salve. 

Honimojaathic  Treatment. — Hepar  sul.,  Silicea,  Sulphur. 

Felons. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  the  same  current,  B  D,  and 
treat  on  the  same  principles.  The  felon  laay  be  treated  iu  a 
basin  of  water. 

Hom^o^thic  Treatment. — Silicea,  etc. 


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174 


ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


»'■■ 


Apoplexy. 

Symptomatology, — Generally  preceded  by  liefidacl.e,  ring- 
ing in  the  ears,  dizziness  and  vomiting;  the  respiration  is 
labored,  the  face  is  swolen,  the  eyes  fixed,  the  blood  vessels  of 
the  head  and  neck  beat  rapidly  and  forcibly,  the  breathing  is 
loud  and  sonorous,  and  it  is  irajjossible  to  arouse  the  patient 
from  this  comatose  state.  The  attack  is  sudden,  and  in  many 
cases  the  person  drops  dead  at  once. 

Electrical  Treatment. — LTse  B  D  current,  a])ply  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  generally  five  to  iiftten  minutes: 
also,  P.  P.  to  the  spine,  N.  P.  at  coccyx  five  to  fifteen  min- 
utes; also,  treat  the  head  as  directed  for  congestion  or  inflaui- 
mation,  three  to  five  minutes;  also,  apply  P.  1'.  to  the  back  of 
the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and  bowels  five  to  ten  min- 
utes. When  reaction  takes  place  give  general  tonic  treatment. 
Repeat  the  treatment,  or  portions  of  it,  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

]^. — Hydrocyanate  ferri 3s8. 

Pulv.  valerian 3j.  ni. 

Fiat  pilulae  jMo.  60. 

Sig. — One  pill  night  and  morning.  From  three  to  six 
months  is  required  to  cure  the  disease.    If  a  female  use — 

^. — Hydrocyanate  iron grs.  xxvj. 

Sulphate  quinine "    xxjv. 

Ext.  opium  aqueous "    jj. 

Ext.  valerian  ale "    x.  m. 

Make  thirty-six  pills.  Take  one  every  two  or  three  hours, 
as  indicated.  (See  Tilden's  supplement  to  the  Journal  of  3fat. 
Materia,  P.  167). 

Hommopathic  Treatment.- — Aeon.,  Bell. 


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ELECTKICAL    MKUIOATION. 


175 


endaclie,  riiig- 
rt'spiration  is 
lood  vessels  of 
Itreuthing  is 
|ise  the  patient 
I  and  in  many 

\y  P.  P.  to  the 

teen  minutes: 
a  tifteen  min- 
ion or  inflani- 
iu  the  back  of 
•e  to  ten  min- 
>n  Ic  treatment. 
aled. 


3ss. 
3j.  m. 

three  to  six 
lale  use — 

grs.  xxvj. 
"    xxjv. 

"  jj- 

"    X.  m. 

three  hours, 
imal  of  Mat. 


Jaundice. 

Symptomatology. — Caused  by  the  deposit  of  the  coloring 
matter  of  the  bile  in  the  skin  and  other  tissues.  The  skin  is 
dry,  the  urine  is  also  colored  a  dark  brown,  by  the  presence  of 
the  bile  the  bowels  are  constipated  and  the  evacuations  are  of 
a  light  or  ash  color.  The  symptoms  vary  in  ahnost  every 
case,"  Sometimes  there  is  pain  in  the  region  of  the  li/er. 
Jaundice  is  seen  in  many  diseases,  such  as  malarial  fevers, 
aft'ections  of  the  liver,  organic  diseases  of  the  stomach,  iuvolv- 
ing  the  neighboring  organs.  It  may  be  caused  by  the  arrest 
of  a  gall-stone  in  the  biliary  passage,  or  from  any  cause  ob- 
structing the  free  passage  of  the  bile  from  the  liver. 

Electrixial  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and  liver,  mild  force.  Treat 
five  to  ten  minutes. 

Then  treat  the  liver  as  directed  for  torpidity,  once  or  twice 
a  day.  On  retiring,  take  thr<i  or  four  grains  of  calomel.  In 
the  morning  take  two  teaspoonsful  of  siilphate  magnesia.  Re- 
peat every  day  or  tvo  if  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

!3. — Tine,  cinchona  comp ^*v. 

Bromide  potassa  dissolved 3j.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day.  If  the 
jaundice  is  produced  by  gall-stones,  give  an  emetic,  and  follow 
with  a  spirit-sweat  and  cathartic. 

3 . — Podophyllin grs.  iv. 

Gelsemin "    j. 

Potassa-bi  tartrate "     xx.  m. 

Fiat  pulvis  Js"o.  13. 

Sig. — One  powder  every  two  or  three  hours  until  it  produces 
an  action  on  the  bowels. 


III 


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176  KLECTUICAL   MEDICATION. 

IJ. — Fluid  ext.  hydrangea,  in  half  to  one  teaspoonful  doses, 
may  be  given  once  or  twice  a  day. 

Homoeopathio  TVea^men^.— Mercury,  China. 

YOMITING. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  or  B  D  current,  apply 
P.  P.  to  the  base  of  the  brain,  manipulate  with  N.  P.  over  the 
stomach  and  bowels  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  P.  P.  may  also 
be  applied  to  the  cerebellum  three  to  five  minutes  (mild  force.) 
Then  change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  liver,  P.  P.  over  the  spleen 
five  to  ten  minutes. 

Medical  Treatment. — Vienna  cholora  drops,  composed  of 
Spirits  of  camphor  and  Tinct.  secal  cornutun.  Sig. — Three  to 
five  drops  on  sugar  every  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes.  In  severe 
cases  it  may  be  given  every  ten  minutes. 

IJ. — Tinct.  capsicum 3j. 

Syrup,  ginger Ijjj-  m. 

gig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  every  two  hours. 

3, — Oil  capsicum ,, gtt.  xx. 

Conserve  of  roses qs.  m. 

Fiat  pilulce  No.  40,  to  be  given  in  wafers.  One  pill  may  be 
given  morning  and  evening,  oftener  if  indicated.  It  is  said 
that  it  will  control  vomiting  in  morning  sickness  and  cholera. 

Rommojpathic  Treatment. — Ipecac,  !N"ux. 

Canker  in  the  Mouth. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  AD  or  B  D  current.  "Wrap 
around  the  metalic  pai-t  of  the  tongue  instrument  a  piece  of 
linen  cloth,  moisten  with  water,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N. 
P.,  long  cord,  over  the  neck,  front  and  back,  face  and  jaws  ten 
to  twenty  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  Alternate  with  the 
following  daily,  until  cured.     Apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  the 


f/^J  N»,' 


■a:.^ 


)%im^w' 


I,  ifiiMimiiiiMiiPHtynw* 


)oonful  doses, 


urrent,  apply 
^.  P.  over  the 
*.  P.  may  also 
s  (mild  force.) 
iver  the  spleen 

composed  of 
Jig. — Three  to 
tes.   In  severe 

3j. 
lours. 

gtt.  XX. 

qs.  ni. 

ne  pill  may  be 
d.  It  is  said 
33  and  cholera. 


irrent.  Wrap 
lent  a  piece  of 
;he  tongue,  N. 
8  and  jaws  ttin 
nate  with  the 
iff  cord,  to  the 


ELKCTKICAL    MKDICATION.  177 

tougne,  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  sides,  jaws  and  face  ten 
to  twenty  rainntes. 

1^. — Muriate  tinct.  iron jj. 

Quinine grs.  x.  m. 

Sig  — Fire  diops  in  sweetened  water  every  hour  or  two. 
Also  gargle  the  throat  with  a  solution  of  chlorate  of  potassa  two 
or  three  times  a  day.     Use  the  following  alterative: 

R. — Comp.  syrup  otillingia jjv. 

Iodide  potassa 3j-  ni. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  r.hree  times  a  day. 

ffommojpathio  Treatment. — Merc,  Acid  nig.,  Glyceroie  of 
ac.,  Mur. 

Crick  in  the  Neck. 

Electrical  Treatment.^— {]%q  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  <m 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  painful  and  contracted  muscles  ten 
to  twenty  minutes.  Treat  two  or  three  times  a  day  if  neces- 
sary.    One  treatment  usually  sufficient. 

Medical  Treatment: — Use  the  following  liniment: 

1^. — Aqua  ammonia ^j* 

Tinct.  myrrh  et  capsici |j. 

"     opii 5j. 

Oil  sassafras fas.  m. 

Apply  with  the  hand  to  the  parts  affected,  two  o  'hree 
times  a  day. 

HomoeojpatMo  Treatment. — Aconite,  Arnica. 

Chilblains. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  pi  jo  t  ^  ieet  in 
a  wash-bowl  of  tepid  ^i'^r,  with  the  N.  P.,  long  'vrd,  to  the 
toes,  P.  P.  at  the  heels,  about  ten  minutes;  reverse  the  N.  P. 

18 


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178 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 


p- 


at  the  heels;  apply  P.  P.  over  the  toea  and  instep  about  ten 
minutes.     Treat  three  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment. — Apply  the  Ibl'owing  to  the  feet  dur- 
ing the  intervals: 

51. — Aromatic  sulphuric  atid ^j- 

Quinine grs.  x.  to  xx. 

Aqua  pura oj.  m. 

Apply  with  the  hand  morning  and  evening,  or  ung  creaso- 
ttlm. 

Homcsopathio  Treatment. — Quaker,  Embrocation. 

Bkonchitis. 

Symptomatology. — Physical  signs  are  sometimes  slight  duU- 
I.3S8  on  percussion.  Ausculation  bhows  the  respiratory  mur- 
m  ir  to  be  weakened,  and  in  some  cases,  to  be  entirely  sup- 
prfc^sed,  Tnere  is  sonorous,  sibilant,  mucus  rales  in  various 
combinations.  The  sonorous  and  sibilant  rhonchus  is  most 
marked  in  the  early  stages  of  the  disease;  the  mucus  in  the 
second  stage.  In  the  capillary  form  the  fine  mucus  rale  is 
present. 

There  are  two  forms  of  this;  the  acute  and  chronic.  In  the 
acute  form  there  is  hoarseness,  slight  chills,  and  quite  a  high 
fever  and  a  sensation  of  rawness,  heat  ai  d  soreness  of  the 
bronchial  eurfac.i,  a  persistent  cough  and  expectoration  of  a 
frothy  mucus,  sometimes  tinged  with  bright  blood.  In  the 
forms  of  the  disease,  which  is  generally  seen  in  young  chil- 
dren and  old  people,  the  small  capillary  tubes,  as  well  as  those 
of  larger  size,  are  affected.  In  those  cases  the  pulse  is  fre- 
quent, temperature  elevated,  a  cyanotic  appearance  of  the  face, 
the  breathing  is  difficult,  great  dyspnoea  and  a  marked  ten  • 
dency  to  asphyxia.  In  these  cases  the  vital  forces  soon  become 
exhausted,  unless  relieved,  terminates  in  delirium,  coma,  and 
death. 


Bp  about  ten 
the  feet  dur- 

grs.  X.  to  XX. 
oj.  m. 

r  ung  creaso- 
ion. 


es  slight  duU- 
piratory  raur- 
entirely  sup- 
es  in  various 
ichus  is  most 
mucus  in  the 
mucus  rale  is 

ponic.  In  the 
quite  a  high 
)rene8s  of  tlie 
ctoration  of  a 
lood.  In  the 
ti  young  chil- 
i  well  as  those 
e  pulse  is  fre- 
ice  of  the  face, 
a  marked  ten  • 
IS  soon  become 
im,  coma,  and 


ELEOTRIOAL    MEDICATION.  179 

Electrical  Treatment.— U&q  B  D  or  A  D  current.  Apply 
iP.  P.  tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue.  N.  P.  over  the  neck, 
chest  and  back  ten  to  fifteen  minutes  daily.  Give  general 
tonic  treatment  two  or  three  times  a  week.  Inhalation  of 
vapor  of  warm  water  and  the  syrup  of  the  hypophosphites 
may  also  be  used. 

HojnceojHxthio  Treatment. — Phosphorous,  Aconite. 

Breast.     {Ague  in.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Apply  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  current  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  breast  five  to  ten  minutes. 
Change  and  apply  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  to  the  breast,  N.  P.  to  the 
spine,  between  the  sboulders  or  at  the  base  of  the  spine.  Man- 
ipulate with  P.  P.  over  the  breast  aftected  ten  to  twenty  min- 
utes, once  or  twice  a  day.  Stomach  and  liver  treatment  may 
also  be  given. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — ^Tinct.  humulus  lupulus .,  ^ ';. 

"    -  polygonum  punct „ 

"     anthemis  cotula jjj. 

"     arnica |jv.  m. 

Apply  to  the  breast  by  moistening  a  cloth  and  laying  on  the 
same,  or  with  the  hand.  If  the  patient  has  fever  Tinct.  acon- 
ite, belladonna  or  veratrum  may  be  given  alternately  to  con- 
trol it. 

Prolapsus  Ani.     {Falling  of  the  Rectum.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — If  the  rectum  protrudes  replace  and 
connect  the  anal  instrument  with  the  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current, 
well  oiled,  and  introduce  into  the  rectum.  Apply  N.  P.  over 
the  bowels  and  spine  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  once  a  day.  If 
the  rectum  is  inflamed  apply  P.  P.  sponge-roll  to  the  coccyx, 
N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  the  spine  and  ebdomen  ten  to  twenty  min- 


'i; 


f. 
^.^ 


180 


ELEOTKIOAL   MEDICATION. 


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k 

i 


utes,  beginning  with  u  mild  funic  and  increasing  gradually 
while  treating.  Repeat  the  treatment  once  or  twice  a  day  until 
relieved.  Astringent  solutions  of  alum,  kino,  <)r  tunnin  may  be 
used  on  going  to  bed  after  the  inflammation  is  under  control. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^.— Tinct.  myrrh IJ. 

Water fvj  to  vjjj.  m. 

Inject  one  ounce  on  retiring. 

"Water-Bkash. 

Eledrieal  Trmtimnt.- -A\^^\y  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  on 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  oter  the  stomach  and  liver.  Also  P.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  nee);,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and  liver,  five  to 
ten  minutes  each,  every  day  ( r  two. 

Medkal  Treatment: — Yi..  Trisnitrate  of  bismuth  in  ten  to 
twenty  grain  doses,  taken  at  meals,  may  be  used  advantage- 
ously. 

HovKKopathic  Treut/mnt. — Carbo  veg. 

BowELH.     [Eaceaavoe  discharges  from.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— JS^Q  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P. 
sponge  roll  to  th.e  coccyx,  manipulate  with  K.  P.  over  the 
abdomen  and  epine  five  to  fifteen  minutes.  Flux  and  diar- 
rhoea corap.  may  be  given  every  two  ti»  four  hours  in  one-half 
to  one  teaspoonful  doses.  One  treatmenv,  and  one  dose  of 
medicine  usually  suffices  to  check  the  discharges.  Treat  when 
necessary.  If  irritation  of  the  bowels  follow  the  treatment, 
reverse  the  currents. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Arsenic,  Verat,  Nux. 

Goitre. 

Electrical  Treatment.— Ubb  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  on 
the  spine  between  the  shoulders,  N.  P.  over  the  goitre  ten 


:mi 


^m 


„„-,.!,&w-^.iJiti:L:^, 


siiii!^  ;^rii(J'-.Hlly 

wiceaday  until 

tuTuiinmay  be 

under  control. 


•   !vj  to  vjjj.  m. 


B  T)  current  on 
Also  P.  P.  to 
md  Jiver,  five  to 

suiuth  in  ten  to 
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'0171.) 

t,   apply  P.   P. 

K  P.  over  the 

Flux  and  diar- 

ours  in  one-halt' 

nd  one  dose  of 

s.      Treat  when 

the  treatment, 

I  Nux. 


apply  P.  P.  on 
the  goitre  ten 


ELEOTRIOAL   MEDICATION.  181 

miJiiites.  Keverse  the  treatment  ten  minutes.  Treat  daily 
for  a  week.  Then  every  other  day  until  cured.  Use  the  fol- 
lowing ointment: 

Medical  Trfutment: — 

9. — Ext.  Phytolacca 3vj. 

Adeps  or  cosmoline Jjv.  m. 

Tlien  add: 

Muriate  ammonia 3jj- 

Iodide  potaesa 3jj>  m. 

Apply  with  the  finger  to  the  goitre  night  and  morning.  Or 
the  following  r'P-y  be  used: 

T^. — Co8mo;iii3 iTJjj' 

Biniodide  of  mercury. 388.  m. 

Apply  once  or  twice  a  day  with  the  fingers,  or  alternate 
every  other  day  or  two  or  more,  with  No.  1. 

Homaeopathio  Treatment. — Gunther's  goitre  powder,  Sapis 
albus. 

Alopecia.     {Hair  falling  off.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Apply  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  current  on 
the  upper  part  of  the  spine  or  hands  of  the  patient  or  at  the 
base  of  the  spine;  wet  the  hair  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  head, 
mild  force,  three  to  five  minutes.  Treat  three  to  six  timee  a 
week.  If  the  treatments  produce  an  uncomfortable  feeling  iu 
the  head,  apply  the  N.  P.  to  the  base  of  the  spine  or  feet,  and 
treat  downwardly  with  the  P.  P.  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Use 
the  following  restorative; 

Medical  Treatment: — 

'^. — Sulphur  lotum. 3j. 

Plumbi  acetas 3j. 

Am:nunia  muriate 3jJ. 


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mm 


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182  ELKOTRIOAL   MEDICATION. 

Glycerine Ijj' 

.  nirits  myricro S^JJJ- 

'  ..inaiwi  nun t^^- 

AqiKi  pnra 03.  m. 

Shake  before  using.     Apply  once  or  twice  a  day.     Use  rain- 
water for  wetting  the  hair. 

Hommojpathio  Treatment. — Calendnline. 

Colic  in  Children. 

Electrical  Treatment.— [5 iQ  B  D  current,  mild  force,  apply 
P.  P.  betwetm  tlie  shoulders,  N.  P.  over  the  bowels  and  limbs 
to  the  knees  five  to  fifteen  minutes.  If  the  child  is  restless 
let  an  assistant  apply  one  hand  to  the  nerve  centers  on  the 
spine,  then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  his  hand,  while  the  op- 
erator holds  the  N.  P.  in  his  left  hand  and  applies  his  right 
hand  over  the  stomach  and  bowels,  as  above.  The  application 
in  this  manner  modifies  the  current  so  as  to  be  felt  by  the  as- 
sistant and  operator  but  not  by  the  little  patient,  unless  too 
great  a  force  is  used.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day  until  relief  is 
obtained.     The  following  may  be  used: 

Medical  Treatment. — 

]j . — Tinct.  gelserainum 3jv. 

Ess.  peppermint 3v. 

Syrup,  simplex  or  ginger Sjj- 1^« 

gig. For  a  child  two  to  six  months  old  five  to  ten  drops 

every  half  hour;    six  months  to  three  years,  ten  to  thirty 

drops. 

EomoaopatMc  Treatment. — Chamomilla,  Colocy. 

"VVoEMs.     (Common  round.) 

Symptomatology.— T)aq  symptoms  are  various.    The  appe- 
tite is  irregular,  and  the  bowels  are  sometimes  bloated.     Irri- 


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table  temper.  Picking  at  the  month  and  nose;  irritution 
about  the  fauces.  The  urine  at  one  time  will  be  scant  and  of 
milky  appearance.  At  others,  very  copious  and  limpid.  The 
irritation  may  be  so  great  as  to  affect  the  nervous  system  and 
cause  convulsions.  If  the  worms  are  of  the  variety  that  in- 
fect the  rectum,  there  will  be  constant  itching  and  irritation, 
aud  at  tiiifCB  a  slight  mucus  discharge.  They  may  also  be 
found  at  times  in  the  linen  oi'  the  patient. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue  or  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and 
downward  to  the  thighs  ten  to  twenty  minutes  every  day  or 
two. 

Medical  Treatment, — 

^. — Santonine grs.  xxx. 

Podophyllin "    x. 

Hydrastine "    x.  m. 

Fiat  pulvis  No.  20. 

Sig. — Take  one  powder  three  tijoes  a  day  until  the  desired 
effect  is  produced.  In  some  cases  it  may  be  advisable  to  give 
a  small  dose  of  castor  oil  the  pecond  or  third  day. 

HonUBOjpathio  T'reatment. — Santonine. 

ASCAKIDFS    OE    PiN    WOBMS. 

EleclHcal  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  N.  P. 
sponge  roll  to  tho  anus,  P.  P.  over  the  back  and  bowels  ten  to 
twenty  minutes.  If  there  should  be  considerable  inflamma- 
tion in  the  rectum,  reverse  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  rectum,  M . 
P.,  long  cord,  over  the  bowels  and  back  ten  to  fifteen  minutes 
before  giving  the  first  treatment. 

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Use  as  an  enema.  One  ounce  at  a  time  when  the  worms 
are  troublesome. 

IIom<jeoj>athic  Treatment. — Cina,  Santonine. 

CoENS.     {Clavi  Pedis.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— li  there  is  tenderness  or  inflamma- 
tion, place  the  foot  in  a  basin  of  water  with  N.  P.,  long  cord, 
under  the  toes,  using  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  over  the  in- 
flamed  parts  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Treat  once  or  twice  a 
day  until  the  soreness  is  removed,  and  apply  the  following 
mixture: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

]^. — Alcohol Ij- 

Nitro-muriatic  asid S^s. 

Oil  rosemary 3jj. 

Chloroform 3jj.  m. 

Apply  and  scrape  around  the  corn  with  a  dull  knife  until  it 
is  lifted  out.  For  tetter  or  ring-worm  apply  with  a  brush. 
Repeat  the  treatment  should  the  corns  reappear. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment.— C'dlc,  Sulph.,  Arn.  If  in- 
jlained,  Verat.  vir. 

Whooping  Cough. 

Symptomatology. — A  convulsive,  suffocative  cough,  return- 
ing in  regular  paroxysms,  marked  by  a  prolonged,  stridilous 
inspiration,  together  with  a  peculiar  tracheal  rattle,  and  by 
short,  quick  efforts  at  inspiration.  These  whooping  inspira- 
tions are  repeated  in  succession,  and  thus  the  paroxysm  con- 
tinue often  for  some  minutes,  followed  by  the  expectoration  of 
small  quantities  of  mucus,  and  the  paroxysm  passes  off",  and 
the  respiration  becomes  comparatively  easy. 

Electrical  Treatment.— K^i^Xy  the  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  or  A 
E  current  to  the  nerve  centers  of  the  spine  or  to  the  back  of 


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ELECTRIC Al    MEDICATION.  185 

the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  front  part  of  the  neck  and  chest  five 
to  fifteen  minutes;  change,  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N. 
P.  over  the  neck  and  upi>er  part  of  the  spine  five  to  ten  min- 
utes.    Treat  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Spirits  ammonia Sj- 

Oil  succini  rect ii-  ^• 

Apply  with  the  hand  to  the  nerve  centers  along  the  back, 
particularly  between  the  shoulders,  night  and  morning. 

5. — Linseed  oil ) 

Whisky Ua  !j.  m. 

Honey * 

Sig.— For  a  child,  from  one-third  to  one  teaspoonful  when 
the  cough  is  troublesome. 

5.— Tinct.  Opii ^^^• 

Oil  succini  rect 3^8. 

Aqua  ammonia S^s. 

Oleum  oliva 3^^'  ^" 

Apply  with  tiie  hand,  as  in  No.  1. 

Eomceopathic  Treatment— BeW.,  Drosera,  Ipecac. 

Debility  of  the  Genital  Organs. 

Electrical  Treatment.— Bro^  the  scrotum  and  tensus  with 
the  N.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  into  a  mug  of  water,  apply  P. 
P.  on  the  cerebellum,  mild  force,  two  to  three  minutes.  Then 
apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck  and  down  over  the  nerve 
centers  between  the  shoulders,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply 
P.  P.  over  the  hernial  rings  and  spermatic  cords  two  to  three 
minutes  each.  Conclude  by  reversed  currents  P.  P.  in  the  mug 
of  water,  N.  P.  over  the  spermatic  cords,  upwardly,  five  min- 


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ISO  ELKCTRICAL    MEDICATIOM. 

utes  each.  Also  N.  P.  to  the  spine  five  minutes.  Treat  two 
or  three  times  a  week. 

Females. — Introduce  the  vaginal  electrode,  N.  P.,  and  treat 
as  above. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5, . — Aromatic  sulphuric  acid |j- 

Quinine grs.  x  to  xx.  m. 

Sig. Five  to  ten  drops  in  sweetened  water  before  each  meal. 

Also  apply  one  part  of  the  mixture  to  four  of  water  to  the  tes- 
ticles of  the  male,  and  over  the  ovaries  of  the  female. 

^ . — Muriate  tinct.  ferri %• 

Wine  of  ergot 5jj-  J^^* 

Sig. — Five  to  fifteen  drops  in  sweetened  water,  three  times  a 
day.     Also  use  Tinct.  Phos.  and  Nux  Vom. 

Cystitis.     {Inflammation  of  the  Bladder^ 

Symptomatology. — Acute  pain  and  a  feeling  of  tension  in 
the  region  of  the  bladder;  diificulty  of  urinating  witJi  con- 
stant desire  to  do  so.  Also  tenesmus  and  irritation  of  the 
bowels.     Mucus  and  sometimes  pus  will  be  found  in  the  urine. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  place  N.  P.  long  cord  with  the  tensus  in  a  mug  of 
water  five  minutes.  Change  P.  P.,  and  apply  over  the  lumbar 
region  five  to  fifteen  minutes.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the 
base  of  the  spine,  P.  P.  over,  above,  and  on  each  side  of  the 
pubes  five  to  ten  minutes.  If  a  female,  treat  as  above  except 
apply  the  sponge  roll  between  the  labia,  over  the  urethra,  hav- 
ing previously  moistened  a  cloth  and  applied  to  the  parts 
namec.  Treat  one,  two,  or  three  times  a  day  until  relieved. 
Make  an  infusion  of  marsh  mallow  root,  of  which  let  the 
patient  drink  freely.  Benzine  may  also  be  given  in  doses  of 
three  to  six  drops  in  water  three  or  four  times  a  day.   Topical 


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KLECTRIOAL    MEDIOATIOX  187 

applications  of  the  same  may  be  made  two  or  three  times  a 
day. 

HomoRophatic  Treatment. — Aconite,  alternate  Canth. 

Hydkophobia. 

Symptomatology, — This  disease  arises  from  the  bite  of  a 
rabid  animal.  The  wound  generally  heals  in  the  usual  way, 
and  it  is  many  days  after  the  healing  of  the  wound  that  the 
disease  manifests  itself  The  symptoms  are  loss  of  sleep,  rest- 
lessness, anxietr,  headache,  a  horror  of  water,  convulsive 
spasms  and  foaming  at  the  mouth. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  B  or  A  D  current;  bring  the 
wound  under  the  influence  of  '/.le  N.  P.  to  neutralize  and 
destroy  the  virus;  apply  P.  P.  on  some  adjacent  part  above 
and  on  a  line  with  the  wound.  Treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes 
daily.  Also  apuly  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  and  N.  P.  all  over  the 
body  and  limbs  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Treat  twice  a  day  for 
a  week;  then  once  a  day,  every  other  day,  or  two  or  three  days 
until  cured.  Treat  the  head  two  or  three  times  a  week,  as 
directed  for  ccJngestion,  inflammation,  or  delirum.  Bath  the 
wound  constantly  with  the  spirits  of  ammonia.  Take  from 
Ave  to  ten  drops  inwardly,  well  diluted  with  water,  three  or 
four  times  a  day,  or  alternate  with  the  following: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Muriate  tinct.  ferri Jj. 

Aqua  pura |jjj.  m. 

Sig. — One-half  to  one  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day, 
or  alternate  tri-weekly  with 

Ij. — Permanganate  potassa grs.  x. 

Aqua  pura §jj-  "!• 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day.  Make  a 
stroiig  solution  of  the  permanganate,  apply  on  lint  to  the 
wound. 


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KLECTBICAL    MEDICATION. 


Glaucoma. 

Eleetrical  Treatinetit.—Une  A  D  current.  Attach  the  cord 
connectea  with  the  P.  P.  to  the  eye-cup,  till  the  cup  with  tepid 
water,  apjjly  the  same  to  the  affected  eye.  Then  apply  the  N. 
P.  to  the  l)nck  of  the  neck,  patient's  hands  and  ears,  two  to  five 
minutes,  dividing  the  time  between  the  three  points  of  appli- 
cation. Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  base  of  the  spine;  take 
P.  P.  in  the  right  hand,  manipulate  with  the  index  finger  of 
the  same  over  the  eyes  and  temples,  whilst  applying  the  left 
hand  to  the  back  of  the  neck.  Treat  five  to  ten  minutes. 
Repeat  the  treatment  three  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment— S\g. — Oil  of  sassafras,  one  to  two 
drops,  taken  on  sugar,  three  to  six  times  a  day;  or  a  tea  made 
from  sassafras  bark,  and  taken  in  teacupful  doses  three  times 
a  day.  I  have  found  the  above  treatment  to  be  more  effective 
than  any  other. 

Hoinmopathio  Treatment. — Bell.,  Kali.,  Hy. 

Milk.     [Suppressed  or  Deficiency  of.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— Give  general  tonic  treatment,  then 
apply  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  to  the  nerve  centers  on  the 
spine,  N.  P.  over  the  breasts  ten  to  twenty  minutes  daily, 
or  every  other  day,  with  nourishing  food,  milk  and  wine, 
and  moderate  exercise;  production  usually  follows  in  a  few 

days. 

Ilomaipathic  Treatment. — Aeon,  or  BeU.,  with  fever;  Bell. 
with  brain  symptoms. 

"  A  '  Lacteal  syrup '  has  been  prepared  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Ludhnn  from  the  plant  Coriandrum  Sativum,  which 
has  been  used  in  the  United  States  for  twelve  years  past  for  in- 
creasing the  flow  of  milk,  with  ample  success  in  most  in- 
stances. It  may  be  obtained  at  all  pharmacies." — LadAjU 
Manuel,  by  Ruddock. 


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Ittach  the  cord 
pup  with  tepid 

apply  the  N. 
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ndex  finger  of 
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or  a  tea  made 

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more  eflfective 


treatment,  then 
centers  on  the 
nainutes  daily, 
lilk  and  wine, 
lows  in  a  few 

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Mania-a-Potu.     {l)elirium  tremens.) 

Symptomatology. — Constant  wakefulness,  wild,  incoherent 
talk.  The  whole  body  is  in  a  state  of  tremor.  The  patient 
imagines  that  some  person  is  going  to  kill  or  injure  him,  be- 
holds iinaginary  persons  or  wild  animals,  which  greatly  ter- 
rifies him  and  prodnces  great  mental  distress  and  excitement. 
The  pulw  is  generally  soft,  the  face  fiushed,  and  the  eyes  suffused. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B.  D.  current,  apply  N.  P.  to 
the  feet,  P.  P.  at  the  back  of  the  neck,  between  the  shoulders, 
ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  stomach, 
liver  and  bowels,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Then  apply  K.  P.  to 
the  feet,  moisten  the  hair  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  head  three  to 
six  minutes,  mild  force.  Then  take  P.  P.  in  the  right  hand 
and  apply  one  finger  of  the  same  to  the  right  ear,  finger  of 
the  left  to  the  left  ear,  alterna<^ing  from  left  to  right  five  to  fif- 
teen minutes.  P.  P.  may  also  be  applied  between  the  clavicle 
and  scapula  by  the  sides  of  the  neck,  five  to  ten  minutes. 
Also  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  throat,  neck, 
back,  chest,  and  stomach,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Last  named 
treatment  has  a  tendency  to  destroy  the  morbid  appetite. 
However,  it  would  be  more  effectual  to  give  the  general  in- 
ward and  outward  treatment.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  dav,  or 
every  one,  two,  or  three  days. 

A  general  tonic  treatment  should  be  given  three  or  four 
times  a  week.  The  following  may  be  used  in  connection  with 
the  treatment: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

B- — Tinct.  quassia fj. 

"      Colombo  rad 3jj. 

««      cascurilla 3jj. 

«      gentian 3jj. 

Aromatic  sulphuric  acid 3J88. 

Aqua  pura oj.  m. 


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Sig. — (liii'-lialf  to  one  ten8poonl'ul  tl>ree  times  a  day. 

5. — Tinct.    opii Sjss- 

Fluid  ext.  gelseinimim Zi-  ^• 

Sig. — Give  fifteen  to  twenty-five  drops  morning  and  evening. 

'^. — Solid  extract  cannabis  indica 388. 

Fiat  piiulffi  No.  15. 

Sig. — Give  one  every  two  or  three  hours  until  sleep  is  in- 
duced, or  Battle  &  Co.'s  bromidia,  in  teaspoonful  doses,  every 
hour  or  two. 

Ilomceopathio  Treatment. — Bell.,  Stram.,  Nux  vom.,  Hyos., 
or  strong  coftee  in  large  doses. 

G1DUINK8S.     {Vertigo  Simple^ 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels,  ten  to  fif- 
teen minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  spleen,  N.  P.  to  the 
liver,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet, 
P.  P.  over  the  lumbar  region  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Treat 
diiilv  or  every  other  day.  Let  the  patient  inhale  from  a  bottle 
of  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia,  a  moment  or  two  at  a  time, 
every  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Administer  ten  to  twenty  drops, 
largely  diluted  in  water,  every  half  hour.  Spiritus  frumenti 
may  also  be  given.  Conclude  by  giving  a  general  tonic  treat- 
ment if  indicated. 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Bell.,  Nux  vom.,  Puis.,  Aeon., 

Gels.,  Bry. 

Scabies.     {Itch.) 

Smptomatology — This  disease  is  caused  by  an  insect  which 
burrows  itself  in  the  skin  between  the  fingers  and  other  soft 
parts  of  the  body.  A  vesicular  eruption,  which  is  accompanied 
by  itching,  makes  its  appearance  between  the  fingers,  and  forms 
a  light  brown  scab  if  allowed  to  dry. 


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til  sleep  18  in- 
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X  vom.,  Hyos., 


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,  N.  P.  to  the 
P.  to  the  feet, 
inutes.  Treat 
3  from  a  bottle 
two  at  a  time, 
1  twenty  drops, 
ritus  frumenti 
ral  tonic  treat- 

,  Puis.,  Aeon., 


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and  other  soft 
8  accompanied 
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Electrical  Treatment. — Give  aa  Electric,  Turkish  or  water 
bath.  Wipe  dry,  and  anoint  as  below;  or,  apply  P.  P.  of  the 
A  B  or  A  C  current  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  all  ov or  the  body 
and  limbs  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  once  a  day,  for  two  or  three 
days.     Use  the  following 

Medical  Treatment: — 

"'    3- — Bicarbonate  potassa |j. 

Sulphur ?j. 

Axungia Ihj. 

Melt  the  lard,  add  the  powder,  and  stir  until  cold.  "Wash 
the  body  thoroughly  in  strong  soap-suds  before  going  to  bed; 
wipe  dry  and  anoint  it  all  over,  heating  by  the  fire.  "Wash  in 
the  morning.  Wash  and  anoint  in  the  evening.  Usually  three 
applications  will  effect  a  cure. 

Ilomosopathic  Treatment. — Hepar  sul.  Apply  Hepar-sulph.- 
kali  lotion. 

Glossitis.     {Inflammation  of  the  Tov^ue) 

Symptomatology. — Pain,  heat  and  swelling  in  the  tongue, 
headache  and  fever.  On  making  an  examination  of  the  mouth 
the  disease  may  be  detected. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  the  neck,  front  and  back,  each 
three  to  five  minutes.  Then  apply  over  the  submaxillary 
glands,  jaws,  etc.,  five  to  fifteen  minutes  on  each  side  of  the 
neck.  Alternate  with  N.  P.  on  the  tongue.  Treat  two  or  three 
times  a  day. 

Ice,  elm-water,  lemonade,  etc.,  may  be  taken  freely. 

Hydrooepiiamis.     {Dropsy  of  the  JSrain.) 

Symptomatology. — The  pulse  is  soft  and  quick,  the  tongue 
is  covered  with  a  light  coat.  In  the  early  stages  of  the  dis- 
ease the  Iwwels  are  constipated,  but  in  the  latter  stages  there 
is  diarrhoea.     If  it  h  a  child  the  hands  will  be  raised  to  the 


192 


ar.KCTUlCAL    MEIHOATION. 


Pv- 


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t 


head  imd  the  sleep  vill  be  disturbed,  the  patient  starting  np 
with  siulden  screams.  In  nniiiy  cases  the  liead  is  bathed  wi'ui 
a  profuse  perspiration.  Paralysis  and  convulsions  often  ac- 
coin]iany  this  disease. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  cords  of  equal 
length,  a])])ly  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  moisten  the  hair  and  a])ply  P. 
P.  to  the  hciid  three  to  ive  minutes,  mild  force;  then  apply  P, 
P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck  and  on  each  8i<le  of  the  same  five 
to  ten  minutes;  then  take  the  sponge  cup  or  electrode  P.  P.  in 
the  right  hand,  and  apply  the  index  finger  of  the  same  to  the 
tympanum  of  the  right  ear.  the  index  finger  of  the  left  to  the 
left  ear.  Having  jireviously  dipped  the  ends  of  the  fingers  in 
water,  treat  five  to  ten  minutes;  then  apply  the  index  finger 
of  the  right  to  the  right  eye,  the  index  of  the  left  to  the  left 
ear  five  minutes;  then  the  index  of  the  right  to  the  left  eye 
and  index  of  the  left  to  the  right  ear  five  minutes;  then  apply 
the  index  of  the  riglit  to  the  eyes  alternately  two  or  three  min- 
utes, while  the  left  hand  is  being  applied  to  the  head  generally, 
very  mild  force;  then  change  and  apply  N.  P.  attached  to  the 
tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue,  P.  P.  over  the  hetid  two  tx> 
three  minutes,  mild  force.  Treat  once  a  day  every  other  day, 
or  two  or  three  «lays,  as  indicated.  (See  dropsy,  for  remedies, 
in  another  part  of  the  work). 

JIomceojx''hic  Treatment. — Apis.,  Bell. 

Varicella.     {Chichenpox.) 

Symptomatology. — Manifests  itself  by  small  pointed  trans- 
parent, red  vesicles,  many  of  which  become  pustular.  They 
generall}'  run  their  course  in  from  five  to  six  days  without 
producing  any  very  marked  constitutional  disturbance.  There 
may  be  slight  fever. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Apply  P.  P.  of  the  A  D  current  to 
the  feet,  N.  P.  generally  from  the  feet  upwardly,  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.     Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over 


ii?Wi^'<iAiiti>»if.jiOjrfuiiiii.rtti.»iiAabirtiWMia»Wto£*iii"ijitf^^^ 


— •  J^ViiltfartrttBiWiniiillf^iiii^itfjij^JMilte' 


Mwai 


lam 


v=m 


BLKCTUK^AI,    MKDirATION. 


1»3 


starting  up 

hatlu'd  wiUi 

ns  often  ac- 

rds  of  equal 

and  ai)ply  P. 

I  en  apply  P. 

the  saiiuj  five 

rode  P.  P.  in 

same  to  the 

lie  left  to  the 
the  fingers  in 

index  finger 

ft  to  the  left 
)  the  left  eye 
s;  tlien  apply 

or  three  min- 
ead  generally, 
ttached  to  the 
1  heiid  two  to 
ery  other  day, 
,  for  remedies, 


pointed  trans- 

iBtular.    They 

days  without 

bance.     There 

L  D  current  to 
,  teu  to  twenty 
ue,  N.  P.  over 


the  hddy  and  limbs  ten  tci  twenty  minutes.  Should  there  be 
In'gh  fever  use  the  lomj  cord,  while  giving  the  inward  and  out- 
ward treatment.  Treat  as  indicated.  Use  remedies  prescribed 
for  eruptive  diseases,  sojirlet  fever,  etc.,  in  another  part  of  tlio 
work.  Ilest,  j)ure  air,  nourishing  food,  panada,  etc.,  are  indis- 
l)en8iblo  to  rapid  recovery. 

II.  ?noeojHit/iic  Treatraent. —  Aconite  and  rhuB.,  Bell.  Anoint 
with  cumphurated  cosinoline  to  allay  itching. 

CoN(}K8TioN.     {Oeneral  or  local.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — First  give  general  tonic  treatment 
if  the  brain  and  lungs  be  not  congested.  Then  apply  P.  P.  of 
the  B  D  current  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  ami  liml)8 
ten  to  twenty  minutes.  If  the  brain  or  lungs  are  congested 
omit  the  tonic  treatment,  and  give  the  inward  and  outward 
treatment,  by  applying  P.P.  tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue, 
N.  P.,  long  cord,  all  over  tlie  b>»dy  and  limbs  five  to  fifteen 
minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to  the  back  of 
the  neck,  sides  of  the  neck,  between  the  clavicle  and  scapula, 
ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  divide  the  time  with  the  three  points  of 
application  Moisten  the  hair  and  apply  P.  P.  over  the  head, 
using  a  very  mild  current,  three  to  five  minutes.  Manipulate 
with  the  fingers  to  the  ears,  eyes  and  ears,  eyes  and  back  of  the 
neck,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  once  or  twice  u  day,  every 
day  or  every  other  day,  three  or  four  days.  Wlien  tonics  are 
indicated,  tonic  treatment  is  also  indicated.  If  local  conges- 
tion exists  anywhere,  treat  on  the  eame  principles.  After 
equalizing  and  harmonizing  with  electricity,  uce  remedies  that 
will  maintain  an  equilibrium. 

Ilomoeojxtthio  Treatment. — Belladonna,  Aconite. 

Nervous  Prostkation  or  General  Dibimtt. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
feet,  N.  P.  over  the  limbs  upwardly.     Treat  each  limb  ten 
13 


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m 


r 


104 


ELKOTRIOAL    MKDIOATION. 


miiiiitCH.    Then  iipply  Kpi.ii^ro  roll  to  the  cocoyx,  N.  P.  all 
over  the  body,   inoiv  cHiRXMally  to   tlio  (*|)ine.  ten  to  twenty 
miimtcB.      Tlien   iipply   P.   P.   to  tho  hainl^   N.  P.  over   the 
iiriiirt,  between  the  rthonhU'rs,  imd  on  the  n.rk   np  to  the  base 
i.ftlie  cerelwllnin  live  to  ten  minutes.      Muir*ten  the  Imir  iiii.l 
apply  N.  P.  over  the  heatl,  very  uiihl  tbree,  one  to  two  min- 
utes.    If,  at  any  time,  the  patient  shonUl  complain  of  h,  fuii- 
neHU  of  the  head,  reverse  th«>  current  u  few  momnt-*   with  N. 
P.  to   tlie   feet;  P.   P.  to  the  head,  and  back,  and  sides  of  the 
neek  will  relieve.     Treat  from  three  t«»  si.x  times  a  week.    Ad- 
minister elixir  calisaza  iron,  phos.  and  strychnia,  whisky  and 
rock-candy  mixed,  of  which  one  teaspoonfnl  mixed  with  water, 
may  be  taken  from  three  to  six  times  a  day,  or  Wheeler's  coin- 
jM.iind  elixir  of  the  hypophosphites   alternately   every    two  or 
three  hoiirs,  with  the  whisky  and  eandv,  with  exercisiii};  the 
lungs  by   inspiring  deeply  and  expiring  slowly.    Nourishing 
food,  with  one-half  to  one  pint  of  sweet  milk,  laken  three  times 
a  day,  with  out-door  exercise,  will  generally  restore  the  lost 
energies  in  a  few  weeks. 

I£oma'o2Mthio    Treatment. — Phos.,  China. 

Pkritonitis.     (Inflammation  of  the  Peritoneum.) 
Symptomufologi/.— Hard  wiry  pulse,  an  increase  in  temper- 
ature, a  .^harp  p'in  in  the  abdomen  over  the  part  inflamed,  the 
tongue  is  covered  with  a  light  brown  coat,  the  abdomen  be- 
comes tympanitic,  and  frequently  there  is  vomiting  and  nausea. 
The  patient  lies  on  his  back,  and  ])ressure  on  the  abdomen 
causes  great  pain;  the  skin  is  hot  and  dry,  the  urine  high  col- 
ored and  scanty.      If  the  case   is  about  to   terminate  fatally 
the  extremities  become  cold,  the  eyes  have  an  anxious  expres- 
sion, the  body  is  bathed  with  a  cold,  clammy  perspiration,  and 
the  patient  expires.     The   following   we   conceive  to  be  a  ra- 
tional explanation  of  the  cause  of  the  inflammatory  conditions: 
We  find  that  the  circulatory  forces  have  receded  from  the  sur- 


mm 


KLKCTRIOAL    MKDIOATIOK. 


195 


c,  N.  P.  all 
II  t<)  twenty 
1*.  i)vt'r  the 
to  tlie  Itiise 
lie  hair  uiu! 
to  two  min- 
n  of  A  t'l.ll- 
nU  with  N. 

si(U'!*  of  the 
II  week.  Ad- 
,  whisky  ami 
(1  with  water, 
iieeler's  com- 
.•very  two  or 
ixerciriing  the 

]S'ouri8hiiijuj 
Ml  three  times 
store  the  lost 


oneum^ 

ise  in  teinper- 

inflained,  the 

abdomen  be- 

ig  and  nauisea. 

the  abdomen 

irine  liigh  col- 

ininate   fatally 

ixious  expres- 

rspiration,  and 

ive  to  be  a  ra- 

ory  conditions: 

I  from  the  sur- 


face and  extr'-mities  to  the  i)er!tonemn,  which  hun  produced 
extensive  intlainmation,  Intlammation  will  always  be  in  pro- 
]>ortion  to  the  recession  of  the  forces,  nervons  force  and  circu- 
lation to  the  parts  ir. flamed.  Therefore,  we  find  tiiat  the  polar 
conditions  have  changed,  the  surface  has  iiecome  negative.  an<l 
the  peritoneum  extremely  positive,  for  the  reason  that  eh-ctric- 
ity  or  nerve  force  in  excess  in  any  part  of  the  body  is  positive 
and  heat,  and  Invites  to  itself  tlie  blood,  which  is  negative;  the 
blood  acting  as  fuel  to  tire.  Death  '•  ^uld  be  the  inevitable  re- 
sult if  the  conditions  were  not  t.ianged.  But  how  change 
them  by  giving  remedies  to  act  through  mediums  that  are 
.suspended?  I  think  not,  but  the  aiipliciiti<»n  of  electricity  to 
equalize  and  harmonize  the  forces  and  niuintain  an  e.Miilibrium 
upon  the  law  of  attraction  and  repulsion,  that  a  greater  force 
repels  a  lesser.     Treat  as  follows. 

EJectnenl  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  N.  P., 
long  cord,  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  over  the  kidneys  ten  to  twenty 
minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  over  the  stomach,  ten  to  twenty 
minutes,  mild  force,  increasing  as  the  inflamnmtion  decreases. 
Change,  and  apply  N.  P.  sponge  roll  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over 
the  stomach  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Then  apply 
P.  P.  to  the  spine,  commencing  at  the  base  of  the  cerebellum 
downwardly,  over  the  spine  and  kidneys,  ten  to  twenty  min- 
utes. Change,  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  sides  of  the  neck,  be- 
tween the  clavicle  and  acapnia,  live  minutes  each.  Then  ajiply 
N.  P.  between  the  ilia,  just  below  the  last  hunbar  vertebne, 
or  at  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  abdomen  ten  to  twenty  miimtes. 
The  above  is  for  the  first  treatment  and  a  severe  case.  Le88 
injiammation,  less  treatment,  and  less  time.  Treat  every  one 
two,  three,  or  more  hours,  as  indicated.  (Signal,  a  return  of 
inflammation).  Get  control  of  the  disease  by  treating  fre- 
quently the  first  day  or  two,  afterward  often  enough  to  keep 
control  of  it.  Twelve  to  forty-eight  houi's  is  all  the  time  re- 
quired  to   control  delirium;   also  to  control  inflammations, 


■i  »niiM>'vm'  linimiwijiaaiil^fr 


"i     i 


■fflwjjifwf^p""' 


I 


196 


ELEOTBIOAL   MKDICATION. 


no  matter  where  located,  with  the  elec-trical  treatment  and 
usual  medicines.  The  above  statements  are  based  on  iilteen 
years  experience  with  electricity.  The  following  treatment 
may  abo  be  i^iven  occasionally:  ,1.1 

Apply  P.  r.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  and  limbs, 
live  to  ten  nnnutes.  When  the  usual  tonics  are  indicated, 
give  general  tonic  treatment  as  directed  in  another  part  ot  this 
work,  three  to  six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

B._Quiuine S^^'  f.  * 

Gelsemm •'•' 

„       .  »«    xl. 

Capsicum 

Mix-  divide  into  sixteen  powders,  give  one  every  two  or 
three  hours.  For  fever,  give  aconite,  gelsemini  or  veratrum 
to  assist  in  controling  it.  A  poultice  of  hops  or  hnseed  meal 
may  be  applied  to  the  bowels. 


When  convalescent,  give 

^.—Muriate  tinct.  iron, 
Quinine 


!j. 

^ grs.  XX.  m. 

Sicr— Five  to  ten  drops  in  sweetened  water,  may  be  given 
every 'two  or  three  hours.  Bathe  the  body  once  or  twice  a  day 
with  weak  lye  and  water,  vinegar  and  water,  or  whisky  and 
water.     Equal  parts. 

iro7na^oj>athic  Treatment.-Acomi^,  Bryonia,  Mercurius. 

Emphysema. 
Symptomatology.-Mv  in  the  cellular  tissues.     There  are 
three  ways  by  which  air  may  make  its  way  into  the  cellular 

tissues.  ^,11  I.  ^fi 

uBy  a  wound  of  the  integument.     By  tno  development  of 

gas  within  its  cells. 


3<t»J.rJ>>l  4  '>),"»,'>-i'n.Wi»IB'»t%-^«S'^?'fr<*S 


*'  'jsOw^wiEWl.'' 


roatmcnt  and 
icd  on  fifteen 
iig   treatment 

Jy  and  limbs, 
are  indicated, 
ler  part  of  this 


grs.  xl. 

"    jj. 
»«    xl. 

!  every  two  or 
li  or  veratrnm 
)r  liubeed  meal 


.  grs.  XX.  m. 

,  may  be  given 
je  or  tv?ice  a  day 
,  or  whisky  and 

ia,  Mercurius. 


sues.     There  are 
into  the  cellular 

1  development  of 


ELEOTBIOAL   MEUICATION.  197 

"By  a  fistulous  opening  through  the  lung  communicating 
with  the  plural  cavity." 

The  disease  may  be  confounded  with  empyema,  from  which 
it  may  readily  be  known  by  the  resonance  on  percussion.  The 
swelling  is  uniform  and  light,  yielding  a  peculiar  crepitant 
sound  on  pressure. 

Electrical  Treatment.— Vse  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  chest,  stomach,  liver, 
spleen  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Change,  apply  P. 
P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  as  above,  five  to  ten  minutes.  N.  P. 
also  to  the  spine  five  to  ten  minutes.  Change,  and  apply  P.  P. 
sponge-roll  to  the  coccyx,  N.  P.  over  the  body  generally,  ten 
to  twenty  minutes.  Treat  three  times  a  week. 
Medical  Treatment: — 

5t. — Syrup  squills 5]" 

*'      senega 3J- 

«      lobelia ■. §jj-ni. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  hour  or  two. 

For  an  external  application: 

5. — Oleum  tigilei 3j. 

«'      olivia 3jJ- ni. 

Apply  with  the  finger  over  the  chest  and  sternv-i  espec- 
ially, once  or  twice  a  day,  until  a  pustular  eruption  is  pro- 
duced.    Omit  application  for  a  day  or  two  before  rea})plying. 

Perioabditis  and  Endocarditis.     {Rheumatism  affecting  tlie 
Heart  and  its  Membranes.) 

Symptomatology.— Penc&Td\t\s  is  caused  by  the  metastasis 
of  inflammation  from  other  parts  of  the  body,  such  as  acute 
rheumatism,  pleurisy,  pneumonia,  etc.  It  is  also  said  to  be  an 
idiopathic  affection.  The  symptoms  depend  much  upon  the 
sta.'e  of  the  disease.     There  is  fever,  frequency  of  the  p'xlw, 


i;(|i|iii"--i'--1"Vrr-'^'"' '    '•"r'"«''*«''"*aMi 


198 


ELKCTRICAL    MKinCATION. 


pain  in  tTie  region  of  the  heart,  cough  and  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing; ausculation  gives  a  grating  or  friction  sound.  In  the  sec- 
ond or  stage  of  exudation  the  pulse  is  irregular,  pain,  dyspnoia, 
cough,  and  a  tendency  to  faintness.  The  face  has  ar  anxious 
expression.  The  urine  is  high  colored  and  scanty;  there  are 
friction  sounds-:  and  valvular  murmurs,  due  to  endocarditis. 

In  the  third  stage,  or  stage  of  effusion,  there  is  bulging  of 
the  precardial  region,  displacement  of  the  apex  of  the  heart 
upwards.  The  area  of  dullness  will  be  changed  and  enlarged. 
The  heart  sounds  will  be  indistinct  and  muffled.  If  adhesions 
of  the  surface  of  the  heart  to  the  iiericardium  should  take  place 
the  action  of  the  heart  will  be  tremulous  and  unsteady. 

Endocarditis,  as  well  as  pericarditis,  may  be  caused  by  met- 
astasis of  inilammation  from  other  parts  of  the  body,  such  as 
rheumatism,  pleurisy,  pneumonia,  etc.  The  symptoms  are: 
the  patient  lies  on  his  back,  there  is  pain  and  uneasiness  in  the 
precardial  region,  with  a  sense  of  fuUness;  the  skin  is  h(.t, 
temperature  elevated,  pulse  quickened  and  irregular,  cough, 
dysi)uoea,  the  face  livid,  and  a  tendency  to  fainting. 

The  physical  signs  are  the  normal  systolic,  murmur  will 
change,  according  to  the  stage  of  the  disease;  an  increase  in 
the  hearts  action,  producing  a  grating  and  bellows  sound. 

Eleetricnl  Treatment.— \]^Q  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P. 
tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body,  gener- 
ally  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  Every  al- 
ternate treatment,  use  N.  P.,  Ion (j  cord,  over  the  body,  as  be- 
fore. N.  P.  may  be  applied  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the 
chest,  left  side  especially,  five  to  ton  minutes.  P.  P.  may  also 
be  applied  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the 
chest,  stomach,  and  bowels,  five  to  ten  minutes.  If  there  is 
Boreness  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet, 
P.  P.  over  the  kidneys,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  A  part  or  the 
whole  of  the  above  described  treatment  may  be  given  at  a  sit- 
ting.    Batlie  the  body  in  weak  lye  water,  vinegar  and  water, 


^JiVSji^iWi..A>..i!^1ffi-i»»i#4^«»<#t'^ 


^gftHs^Hl  ^nH  ItfiWll^lW^BiWf'^ , 


IW> 


KI.KCTKlC A r-    M KUICATION. 


1  9!) 


ty  of  breatli- 
In  tlie  sec- 
ill,  dyspnoia, 
s  ai-  anxious 
y;  there  are 
ocarditis. 
s  bulging  of 
of  the  lieart 
mil  enhirged. 
If  adhesions 
dd  take  place 
toady. 

Uht'd  by  inet- 
body,  such  as 
niptoins  are: 
asiness  in  the 
skin  is  hot, 
gular,  cough, 

niurniur  will 
n  increase  in 
vs  sound. 

apply  P.    P. 

body,  gener- 
y.     Every  al- 

body,  as  be- 
*.  P.  over  the 
*.  P.  may  also 
jord,  over  the 
If  there  is 
P.  to  the  feet, 
A  part  or  the 
^iven  at  a  sit- 
ir  and  water, 


or  soda  water  once  or  twice  a  day.  For  fever,  use  tinct. 
veratruni,  aconite,  or  gelsendni.  AVhen  tonics  are  indicated, 
give  general  tonic  treatment.  Also  some  of  the  preparations 
of  Peruvian  bark.     Dextro-quinine  preferable. 

Sommojpathio  Treatment. — Aconte,  Bryonia,  Spigelia. 


No.  4.    Office  and  Family  Machine,  shown  without  the  lid. 

No.  4  has  three  coils,  and  six  variations  of  the  qualities  of  the  currents,  and  ~ 
is  operated  by  one  open  battery,  which  is  for  weeks  and  months  constantly 
ready  for  use,  without  changing  the  fluid,  and  a  l>o:ile  acconi|ianies,  into  which 
the  fluid  can  be  poured  whenever  desired.     Arranged  to  use  the  second  coil  in 
the  primary  circuit,  when  desired. 

The  Ap|)aratus  No.  4  and  No.  5  are  tticst  in  demand.  Though  presenting 
a  good  appearance,  they  are  not  made  for  show.  The  coils  of  all  the  genuine 
Dr.  Kidder  machines  are  constructed  with  reference  to  the  medical  tpialities  of 
electricity  without  regard  to  expense — thus  diffkkino  from  all  the  other  induc- 
tion apparatuses  which  are  constructed  to  get  \ip  a  /lurl  influence  from  the 
cheapest  possible  coils. 


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200 


ELEOTRIOAL    MEDICATION. 


W 


Mumps.     [Parotitis) 

Symptomatology. — Clianicterized  by  a  painful  swelling  j»;  it 
below  the  angle  of  the  lower  jaw,  sometimes  on  both  sides. 
The  bowels  are  costive.  The  tongue  is  covered  with  a  white 
coat,  and  the  urine  is  high  colored  and  scanty.  MetaKtasis  may 
take  place,  and  the  disease  be  transferred  to  the  maniaiy  glands 
in  file  female  (which  is  very  rarely  the  case),  or  to  the  testicles 
in  the  male. 

Electrical  Tteatmcnt. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord.,  over  the  parts  enlarged  and  in- 
flatned,  five  to  fifteen  minutes.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  P.  P.  over  the  parts  inflamed  five  to 
fifteen  minutes.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day.  Should  the  dis- 
ease attack  the  testici  .  place  the  same,  with  tlie  P.  P.  of  the 
B  D  current  in  a  mug  of  water,  apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over 
the  spermatic  cords,  abdomen  and  back,  ten  to  twenty  minutes, 
from  one  to  three  times  a  day.  The  N.  P.  may  also  be  applied 
to  the  back,  P.  P.  over  the  spermatic  cords  and  abdomen,  five 
to  fifteen  minutes. 

Fluid  extract  hamamelis  may  be  applied  to  the  testicles  as 
indicated.  Tinct.  belladonna,  five  to  ten  drop  doses.  Tinct. 
gelsemini,  two  to  six  drops  in  water.  Tlie  tinctures  may  be 
be  sriven  alternately,  every  two  or  three  hours. 

Ilomoeopathic  Treatment. — Merc,  cor.,  Aeon.,  if  fever;  Bell., 
with  brain  implicixtion;  Puis.,  with  inflammation  of  testicles 
or  breasts.     Bell,  cerate. 

Enukesis.     {Incontinence  of  Urine.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  scrotum,  N.  P.  over  the  abdomen,  kidneys  and  bcick,  ten 
to  fifteen  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  Administer  an  infu- 
sion of  lycopus  virginicus  as  indicated,  or 

R. — Tinct.  l)elladonna 38S. 

Aqua  pura Ijv.  m. 


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KLKCTBICAL   MEDICATION. 


aoi 


celling  ji!  it 

Ibotii  sides. 

lith  a  white 

istanis  may 

lary  glanda 

(he  t'ssticles 

]y  P.  P.  to 

l::o(1  and  in- 
\y  N.  P.  to 
ried  five  to 
Id  tlie  dis- 
P.  P.  of  the 
/  cord,  over 
ity  mi  mi  tea, 
)  be  applied 
domen,  live 

testicles  as 
ses.  Tinct. 
ires  may  be 

fever;  Bell., 
of  testicles 


ly  P.  P.  to 

I  back,  ten 
er  an  infu- 


7.  m. 


Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  three  hours. 

Homceo^athio  Treatment. — Cantharides,  Equisetuin,  Gel- 
eem. 

SxRil     iUABT. 

Electrioal  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  attach  N.  P., 
long  cord,  to  an  urethral  insulated  silver-plated  tip,  electrode, 
introduce  to  the  obstruction,  then  apply  P.  P.  over  the  spine 
and  kidneys  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  medium  force,  once  or 
twice  a  day;  or,  place  N.  P.  with  the  tensus  in  a  mug  of 
water,  apply  P.  P.  over  the  spine  and  kidneys,  treat  as  above. 
Administer  an  infusion  of  marsh -mallow  adlibitiim.  Tinct. 
belladonna  may  also  be  given  in  th^'ee  to  six  drop  doses,  three 
times  a  day. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Camphor,  Nux  vom..  Bell.,  in 
children;  Aconite,  from  cold. 

Bladder.     {Paralysis  of.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  be- 
tween the  shoulders  and  on  the  cerebellum,  N.  P.  over  the 
kidneys,  spermatic  cords,  pubes,  scrotum,  etc.,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  It  may  be  advisable  to  treat 
with  P.  P.  and  scrotum  in  a  mug  of  water,  with  N.  P.  over 
the  kidneys  and  spine,  pubes  and  spermatic  cords,  once  or 
twice  a  week,  ten  to  twenty  minutes  each  time.  Also  admin- 
ister tinct.  nux-vomica  and  cantharides  in  small  doses,  alter- 
nately every  two  or  three  hours.  Apply  P.  P.  on  the  tongue, 
N.  P.  with  the  tensua  in  a  mug  of  water  five  minutes  before 
giving  the  above  named  treatments. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Nux  vomica.  Aconite. 

CouP-DE-SoLiEL.     {Sun-stroke.) 

Symptomaiology. — ^The  patient  falls  down  suddenly  after 
■exposure  to  the  sun's  heat. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 


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ELKCTRICAL    MEUlCA'nON. 


tongue,  N.  p.  over  the  body  generally  ten  to  twenty  minutes, 
two  or  three  times  the  first  day,  or  until  reaction  takcK  place; 
also,  P.  P.  to  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  Htoinacli,  liver  and 
bowels  ten  to  fifteen  minutes;  also,  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to 
the  head,  eyes,  ears,  etc.,  mild  force,  as  directed  in  other  parts 
of  the  work.  After  reaction  has  taken  place  give  general  tonic 
treatments,  as  indicated  with  the  usual  remedies.  Valerianate 
ammonia  may  be  given  in  teaspoonful  doses  from  one  to  three 
times  a  day  in  water.  Should  there  be  irritation  of  the  stom- 
ach, apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  opposite  on  the  back,  or  at  the 
base  of  the  spine,  P.  P.  over  the  stomach  ten  to  fifteen  min- 
utes; also,  P.  P.  on  the  back  of  the  neck,  X.  P.  over  the  stom- 
ach five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day. 
Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Glonoine,  Bellad. 

Pyemia.     {Blood  Poisoninr.) 

Sijmptomatology. — Chills,  fever,  etc.,  a  quickened  pulse, 
high  temperature,  the  tongue  is  coated  with  a  brown  covering, 
the  bowels  are  relaxed,  and  there  is  in  some  cases  a  well  marked 
diarrhcea;  abscesses  form  in  various  parts  of  the  body,  but 
generally  in  the  joints,  lungs  and  liver,  with  more  or  less  sick- 
ness at  the  stomach,  etc. 

Electrical  Treatment. — ^Use  A  B,  A  0  or  A  D  current. 
Apply  P.  P.  of  the  A  B  current  to  the  tong\ie,  N.  P.  over  the 
body  generally,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Change  to  A  D  cur- 
rent, apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet,  ma.-ipulate  with  N.  P.  over  the 
limbs  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.,  sponge-roll, 
to  the  coccyx,  N.  P.  over  the  body,  ten  to  twenty  minutes. 
Treat  once  or  twice  a  day,  until  improvement  nuinifests  itself. 
After  which  treat  three  to  six  times  a  week.  If  there  should 
be  irritation  of  the  stomach,  treat  as  directed  for  irritation  or 
inflamTr.ation  of  the  same.  Stimulants  may  be  used  in  propor- 
tion to  the  gradation  of  debility.  Quinine,  alcoholic  liquors, 
pure    whisky    preferable,    carbonate    ammonia,    alteratives, 


\y  inmiites, 
ikcs  place; 
liver  iiiul 
bt,  P.  P.  to 
otlitM*  parts 
neral  tonic 
Vak'riaiiato 
)iu'  to  three 
t'  the  stoin- 
:,  or  at  the 
it'teen  raiii- 
er  the  stoin- 


ened  pulse, 
m  covering, 
sveli  marked 
e  body,  but 
or  less  sick- 

D  current. 
P.  over  the 
;o  A  D  cur- 
P.  over  the 
sponge-roll, 
tv  juinutes. 
i tests  itself, 
here  sliould 
rritation  or 
1  in  propor- 
•lic  liquors, 
alteratives, 


ELECTKICAL   MEDICATION. 


203 


mineral  acids,  muriate  tinct.  iron,  nitromuriatic  acid  and  tinct. 
iodine,  (see  article  on  Snake-bites  and  Zymotic  diseases), 
may  be  used,  one  or  another  of  them,  as  required,  with  iiourisli- 
ing  food  and  pure  air,  and  a  disinfectant  for  the  room,  com- 
posed of  permanganate,  potash  and  oxalic-acid,  equal  parts,  put 
in  a  saucer  and  moistened  with  a  few  drops  of  water  occasionally. 

Levcocytu^-mia.     {White  cell  blood.) 

Symptomatology. — Produced  by  hypertrophy  of  the  spleen, 
liver  and  lymphatic  glands,  in  consequence  of  defective  circu- 
latory forces. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  and  B  D  currents.  A]>ply 
P.  P.  of  the  A  D  current  to  the  tongue,  X.  P.  over  the  body 
and  extremities  generally,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Then  apply 
N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  over  the  spleen  and 
liver,  spine  and  abdomeji,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Change  and 
apply  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  to  the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the 
limbs  and  body  generally,  ten  to  twenty  miinites.  Treat  three 
to  six  times  a  week.  Nitromuriatic  acid,  quinine  and  some  of 
the  preparations  of  iron  should  be  administered,  and  special 
attention  to  hygienic  measures  given. 

Opium  Poisoning. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  front  of  the  neck,  chest, 
stomach  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  medium  force, 
then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  over  the  spine  and  kid- 
neys ten  to  twenty  minutes;  then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  head, 
eyes  and  ears,  as  directed  for  congestion  of  the  brain,  five  to 
ten  minutes.  Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet,  N.  P.  over 
the  body,  generally  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Repeat  the  treat- 
ment as  indicated,  until  restoration  or  death  ensues.  If  treat- 
ment is  given  before  the  patient  is  deprived  of  consciousness, 
it  will  seldom  fail  to  restore  life. 


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El-ECTBIOAL   MEDICATION. 


Strong  coffee,  ipecac,  etc.,  maybe  afliiiinistcred. 
Homoeopathic  TrecUment. — Zinci  sulpliiirt,  Antiin.  tart. 

Uterink  Inkktia.     {In  Parturition.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— Um  B  D  current,  apply  N.  P.  to 
the  sacrum,  P.  P.  over  the  abdomen  ten  to  fil'tcL-n  minutes, 
llopeat  the  treatment  every  hour  or  two,  using  sufficient  force 
to  produce  contraction  of  the  abdominal  muscles. 

Post  Partcm  H.emorkhaoe. 

Electrical  Treatment.— V&q  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  sponge- 
roll  between  the  labia,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the  body  gener- 
ally and  upwardly  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  or  introduce  the 
vaginal  electrode  and  treat  as  above.  Treat  every  hour  until 
arrested.  Tampons  composed  of  pieces  of  cotton  cloth,  mois- 
tened with  cold  water,  may  be  introduced  per  vagina,  until 
filled;  let  ':hem  remain  a  few  hours  before  removing  and  refill- 
ing; clotho  may  also  be  moistened  in  cold  water  and  applied 
over  the  uterus.  Stimulants  should  be  given  freely  (whisky 
preferable),  fluid  extract  of  ergot  or  tincture  of  cannabis  in- 
dica  (English)  may  also  be  used. 

Sea  Sickness. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels  ten 
to  fifteen  minutes;  change  and  apply  N.  P.  over  the  liver,  P. 
P.  over  the  spleen  ten  to  fifteen  minutes;  iS^.  P.  may  ako  be 
applied  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  over  the  spine  ten  to  fifteen  minutes. 
If  there  should  bo  considerable  prostration  a  tonic  treatment 
should  be  given  in  conclusion.  Treat  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
If  the  foregoing  treatment  fails  to  relieve,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
stomach,  N.  P.,  long  cordy  opposite  on  the  spine,  treat  ten  to 
twenty  minutes. 


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ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION, 


205 


I.  tart 


N.  P.  to 

li   minutes. 
Jciuiit  force 


P.  sponge- 

ody  gener- 

roduce  the 

liour  until 

loth,  rnois- 

igina,  until 

iind  refill- 

nd  applied 

i\j  (whisky 

miiabis  iii- 


P.  P.  to  the 

bowels  tea 
le  liver,  P. 
iiay  alco  be 
n  minutes. 
!  treatment 
imes  a  day. 
'.  P.  to  the 
reat  ten  to 


Medical  Treatment. — Oxalate  cereum,  brandy,  whisky,  cam- 
phor, etc.,  may  be  used  with  the  treatment. 

Homaojpatluo  Treatment. — Nux,  Ipecac,  Bell.,  Cocculus. 

Writers'   Gramp. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P. 
tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  arm,  gener- 
ally to  the  finger  ends,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Change  and  aj)- 
ply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  aifected  arm 
as  before,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  three  to  six  times  a  week. 
Tinct.  of  bark,  iron  and  stiychnia  may  be  given  in  teaspoon- 
fnl  doses  three  timas  a  day. 

Homceojoathio  Treatment. — Bhus.,  Bry. 

Hat  Fever. 

Elecincal  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  long  cord,  over  the  nose,  by  hold- 
ing the  electrode  in  the  right  hand  and  applying  two  fingers 
of  the  same,  one  on  each  side  of  the  nose,  three  to  five  minutes, 
then  apply  N.  P.  over  the  front  part  of  the  neck  and  chest  five 
to  ten  minutes,  then  apply  N.  P.  to  th  )  base  of  the  spine  or 
feet,  P.  P.  to  the  nerve  centers,  between  the  shoulders,  five  to 
ten  minutes.  Change.  Hold  P.  P.  in  the  right  hand  and 
manipulate  with  the  fingers  of  the  same  over  the  eyes  while  the 
left  hand  is  on  the  back  of  the  neck,  five  to  ten  minutes. 
Treat  daily  for  a  week,  then  every  other  day  until  cured.  If 
there  are  any  other  remedies  that  are  of  any  value  use  them 
also. 

Homceoj^thiG  Treatment. — Arsen.  iod.,  Hepar  sul.,  Sa- 
badilla. 

Numbness  of  the  Lower  Extremities. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to 
the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the  limbs  upwardly,  fifteen  to  twenty  min- 
utes for  each  limb.    Treat  once  a  day,  or  every  other  day,  until 


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KLECl'KIOAL   MKDIOATIUN. 


relieved.     Tlic  treatment  will  force  the  1)](kk1  u|>\viir<lly  to  ihe 
heart  and  lungH  tor  fresh  oxydiziition, and  htrenijtiu'ii  the  weak 
ened  and  engorged  veiiis  of  the  extremities.    AIhj  give  a  general 
tonic  treatment  once  or  twice  a  week.     Uho  tonics,  stimulantB 
and  alteratives. 

Ilomceojxithic  Treatment. — Nux  vomica. 

OBEsrrY.     {Fatty  deyeneratlon.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  N.  P.  sponge 
roll  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  abdomen,  strong  current, 
twenty  to  thirty  minutes,  using  the  current  reverser  while  ap- 
plying to  produce  a  greater  chemical  und  nolidifing  eUtct.  in 
the  ahscence  of  the  reverser,  reverse  the  currents  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes  each  way.  Treat  three  to  six  times  a  week.  A  gen- 
eral treatment  may  also  be  given  once  a  week  by  applying  the 
P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  stomach  and 
bowels  ten  to  twenty  minutes;  change  and  apjjly  N.  P.  to  the 
feet,  P.  P.  over  the  lumbar  region  ten  to  fifteen  minutts. 
Should  the  treatments  seem  to  weaken  the  patient  at  any  time 
give  general  tonic  treatments  as  indicated.  I  think  the  above 
treatment  far  preferable  to  the  anti-fat  remedies  in  use,  and  not 
injurious.  Diet,  lean  meat  and  food  containing  neither  sugar 
or  starch. 

Hommopathic  Treatment. — Calc.  carb.  Diet  restricted  to 
non-starchy  food. 

Synovitis. 

Symptomatology. — Inflammation  of  synovial  membrane  of 
the  joints.  There  is  pain,  heat,  swelling  and  redness  in  the 
joint;  there  is  fever  and  the  bowels  are  constipated;  the  urine 
is  high  colored  and  scant.  In  severe  cases  the  constitutional 
disturbance  is  well  marked. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P.  to 
the  inflamed  and  enlarged  joint,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  oi)posite. 
Change  positions  of  the  electrodes  frequently.   Commence  with 


F.I-KCTKICAT.    MKDICATIOM. 


«07 


hWy  to  tlie 

I  the  weuk. 

II  general 

kiiiiiiltuita 


P.  fiponge 

/  current, 

wliile  ap- 

ll'tcL     in 

I  to  fifteen 

A  g(>n- 

plviiig  tlie 

niiicli  and 

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minutes. 

t  any  time 

the  above 

so,  and  not 

tlier  sugar 

itricted  to 


tnltrane  of 

J88  in  the 

the  urine 

5titutional 

7  P.  P.  to 

opposite. 

ence  witli 


a  very  mild  current,  increase  as  tlio  soronoHs  an<I  iidlammatitm 
diminiHlieo,  Treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes  every  two  or  three 
liours  the  firut  diy  or  two,  or  until  the  inflammation  is  removed. 
See  treatment  for  rheumatinm,  which  may  he  required  in  con- 
nection with  the  above.  I  will  hero  htate  that  the  n-aetiomiry 
effect  of  an  electrical  treatment  in  general  or  local  inflammatory 
conditiouB,  may  in  some  iuHtances,  seem  to  aggravate  the  dis- 
ease for  the  time  being,  on  the  principle  only  as  a  cathartic  or 
emetic  would  seem  to  make  the  patient  woihc,  iiecause  the 
various  kinds  of  medicinea  bimulatc  the  variuu.^ly  modified 
forms  of  electricity. 

D18KA8E  OF  THE  Hip  Joint.     (^Morhun  Coxaris) 

Symptomatology, — Pain  in  the  joint  and  knee  of  the  affect- 
ed side,  particularly  of  the  knee.  On  examination,  the  eye  will 
readily  detect  a  change  in  the  contour  of  the  liip.  The  nate  of 
the  affected  side  will  be  flatteiied  by  flexing  the  leg  ajid  mak- 
ing percussion  with  the  closed  hand  on  the  knee  of  the  affected 
limb.     The  patient  will  complain  of  pain  in  the  hip. 

Electrical  Treatment, — Use  the  A  I)  and  13  D  current  alter- 
nately. Apply  P.  P.  to  the  groin,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  opposite 
on  the  hip,  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  llevcrse  and  treat  about 
the  same  length  of  time,  treat  three  to  six  times  a  week.  Treat 
60  as  to  pass  the  current  t!»rough  the  parts  aftected  as  nearly  as 
possible.  Give  the  following  treatment  twice  a  week:  Apply 
N.  P.  of  the  B  D  ci  "ent  to  the  foot,  P.  P.  over  the  diseased  hip, 
twenty  to  thirty  minutes.  The  P.  P.  may  also  be  applied  to 
the  nerve  centets  five  to  ten  minutes,  or  otherwise  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

]J. — Compound  syrup  stillingia f^'jjj- 

Iodide  potassa 3jj.  to  jv.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  every  three  or  four  hours,  or  iodo- 
forim  and  iron  may  be  used  in  solution  or  in  pills. 


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BLKCTBIOAL    MKDIOATION. 


3  . 


PoTT'b    DiftKAMK.        {SpoiKlljl'ltis,') 

Eledrial  2're<ifinenL—V>fe  B  Dcnrrunt,  apply  V.  P.,  tonjfiio 
inhtruiiiftit,  to  tlif  toiij^iic,  N.  P.,  lonrj  cord,U>  t\»>  wpiiu',  coin- 
moiiciiig  at  the  Ihiho  of  tliu  cen  'oclliun  downwardly  to  the  base 
of  tho  spine  ten  to  fiftwn  miniiteB,  iiiild  force;  ehangn,  use 
cords  of  equal  length,  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to  the 
cerebelliiiii  two  or  three  minutes,  then  P.  P.  to  the  spinal  col- 
nmii  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  three  or  four  times  a  week 
until  the  soreness  and  iiifl.immation  are  removed  from  the  ver- 
tebra'. Then  alternate  every  other  day,  two  or  three  days,  with 
the  general  tonic  treutm«'nt  until  cured,  which  will  rarely  di»- 
api)oint  you  in  the  incipiency  of  the  disease.  Counter  irri- 
tants may  be  applied  to  the  spine. 

Qanorens. 

Symptomatology. — The  symptoma  of  this  lesion  are  a  ces- 
sation of  pain  in  the  part,  the  flesh  assumes  a  dark  purplish 
brown  color,  changing  rapidly  to  black. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P., 
tongue  instrument,  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  parts  di&- 
eased,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes;  change,  and  apply  P.  P.  to  some 
healthy  part,  probably  to  the  nerve  centers  on  the  spine,  N.  P. 
over  the  parts  diseased,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Treat  daily  un- 
til relieved.  Other  treatments  may  be  given  as  indicated. 
Tonics,  alteratives  and  stimulants,  anodynes  and  narcotics, 
probably  cathartics  may  be  used. 

ITomoeojfcUhio  Treatment. — Arsen.  alb.  and  Carbol.  lachesis. 

Hernia. 

Symptomatology — There  is  a  well  marked  swelling  in  the 
groin  or  scrotum.  The  only  swelling  likely  to  be  mistaken  for 
hernia  is  hydrocele,  from  which  it  may  be  known  by  its  pecu- 
liar form,  hydrocele  being  of  a  pyriform  shape.  Hydrocele  is 
semi-transpareut.     On  grasping  a  hernia  with  the  hand  and 


fl.KCTRirAr,    MKDIOATIOW. 


S09 


v.,  toiij;iio 

Hpiiio,  com- 

to  tilt)  Ume 

IHIIp),     IIHO 

P.  to  tho 
Hpiiiiil  col- 
lies n  we»'k 
rom  the  ver- 
10  days,  with 
rarely  tli». 
ountor  irri- 


n  are  a  cea- 
irk  purplish 

ppiy  P.  P., 

e  parts  di&- 
'.  P.  to  some 
spine,  N,  P. 
eat  daily  un- 
18  indicated, 
id  narcotics, 

bol.  lachesis. 


jlling  in  tho 
mistaken  for 
by  its  pecu- 
Hydrocele  is 
le  liand  and 


thfi  pftfiont  roiijfhiii^,  there  is  an  iiiipiiisc  commniiicatcd  to  tho 
tumor  \vlii(;li  is  not  the  case  if  tho  tumor  is  a  hy(lro('«>le. 

h'li'i'trieal  Treatment. — U(»e  A  i)  currciit,  iiii'<liiim  force, 
;ipply  N.  P.,  Bj)onge-roll,  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  ovi-r  tins  lutrnia, 
live  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  Hpine,  between 
tlic  nlionldcrH,  P.  P.  below  and  upwardly  over  the  hernial  ring, 
tive  to  ten  minutes;  reduce  the  protruHiouH  before  giving  the 
treiitmeiit,  if  there  are  any.  Trent  thret!  to  six  times  ii  week 
for  a  week  or  two.  Atlcr  two  weeks  treiitment  discontinue,  if 
there  is  no  improvement.     Use  trusses  also. 

HoiHwopdthio  Treatment. — Aeon,  iiell. 

Loss  OP  THE  Sknbk  of  Smki.t,.     (^Anntmiia.) 

El^iincal  Treatment. — Use  I!  I)  current,  medium  force. 
C!onnect  N.  P.  with  a  small  copper  wire,  to  one  end  of  which 
fiiKten  a  small  piece  of  Bj)onge,  moisten  and  introduce  the  same 
into  one  side  of  tho  no«e.  Apply  P.  V.  to  the  back  of  the 
neck  and  cerebellum,  one  to  three  minutes.  Change  to  the 
opposite  ttpperture  of  tho  nose  mid  apply  as  Ik'tbre,  one  to  three 
•  minutes.  Then  take  Pf  P,  in  the  right  hand  and  apply  the 
index  fingers  of  each  hand  to  each  ear  and  N,  P,  to  each  apper- 
turo  of  the  nose,  one  to  three  minutes  each.  Treat  once  a  day 
for  a  week  or  two.  If  the  sense  of  smell  is  not  restored  abandon 
the  treatment. 

If  the  sense  of  taste  is  impaired,  a])ply  N.  P.,  tongue  inatru- 
ment,  to  the  tongue,  P,  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck  and  cere- 
bellum. Treat  live  minutes  daily,  with  medium  force,  until 
I'l'stored. 

Hom<jeoj)athic  Treatment. — Hepar  sul.,  Arsen,  Aeon, 

Head.    {Cold  in.) 

Electr'iccd  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  N.  P.  to 
the  base  of  the  spine,  moisten  the  hair  ind  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
head  three  to  five  minutes,  mild  force.     Then  take  P.  V.  in 


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the  right  hand,  manipulate  with  the  h\d?x  finger  of  the  same 
over  the  eyes,  whilst  the  left  hand  is  being  ap})lied  to  the  neck, 
five  to  ten  minutes.  The  index  fingers  of  the  hand  may  also 
be  applied  to  the  ears.  Moisten  the  ends  of  the  fingers  before 
applying.    Treat  five  to  ten  minutes.    Treat  once  or  twice  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Tinct.  aconite gtts.  xxx. 

Aque  pura 3Jv.  m. 

Sig. — One  teaspoouful  every  half  hour,  hour  or  two,  as  in- 
dicated. Stimulants  may  be  administered  on  retiring.  Tonics 
during  the  day. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Hepar,  Sul.,  Nux.  vom. 

Thrush.     [ApthcB.) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  neck,  chest,  stomach  and  spine  ten 
to  twenty  minutes  daily  until  relieved.  Gargle  with  a  solu- 
tion of  chlorate  potassa,  3j.  to  jj.  to  four  ounces  of  water  three  . 
to  six  times  a  day.  Borax,  alum,  and  golden  seal  (hydrastes 
canadensis),  may  also  be  used  in  various  ways. 

Homoeopithic  Treatment. — Mercur.,  Borax,  Hydras. 

Ptyalism.     [Salivation.) 

Symptomatology. — The  symptoms  are  a  blue  line  on  the 
gums  immediately  surrounding  the  teeth,  which  are  sometimes 
loosened,  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth  and  tongue  is 
ulcerated,  there  is  a  profuse  discharge  of  saliva,  the  breath  is 
very  foetid,  the  cervical  glands  are  sometimes  enhu'ged. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord.,  over  the  jaws,  neck,  front  and  back, 
ten  to  twenty  minutesj  once  or  twice  a  day  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatment. — Gargle  with  a  solution  of  the  chlo- 
rate potassa,  iodide  potassa,  borax  or  fluid  extract  of  hydras- 


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>f  the  same 

to  the  neck, 

nd  may  also 

iigers  before 

twice  a  day. 


^ttS.  XXX. 

jv.  m. 

;•  two,  as  in- 
•ing.    Tonics 


v^om. 

ply  P.  P.  to 

nd  6})ine  ten 

with  a  solii- 

f  water  three 

al  (hydrastes 


ydras. 


line  on  the 
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nd  tongne  is 
the  breath  is 
u'ged. 

r  P.  P.  to  the 
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relieved. 

of  the  chlo- 
:t  of  hydras- 


tes canadensis.  Small  quantities  of  one  or  another  of  them 
may  be  taken  internally  two  or  three  times  a  day.  Flower  of 
sulphur  may  also  be  applied  to  the  diseased  parts  and  taken 
internally. 

HomoeopathiG  Treatment. — Mercur.,  Kali.,  Chlor. 

IIyper^^thksia.     {General  and  local) 

Electrical  Treatment. — Hypersesthesia  general:  Use  A  0 
or  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord, 
to  the  body  and  extremities  generally,  five  to  fifteen  minutes. 
Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  Ys.  P.  over 
the  body  and  extremities  as  before,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes. 
Treat  once  a  day  or  every  other  day  until  relieved. 

Hyperesthesia  local:  Use  B  D  current.  If  in  the  bowels, 
apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  sponge  roll  at  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over 
the  stomach  and  bowels,  mild  force,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  If 
there  is  hypersesthesia  of  the  bowels,  there  will  also  be  hyper- 
lEsthesia  of  the  spine  and  kidneys.  Therefore,  change  and 
apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  between  the  thighs  or  knees,  P.  P. 
over  the  spine  and  kidneys,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Treat 
daily  until  relieved.  If  there  should  be  an  irritable  state  of 
the  brain,  treat  the  head  as  directed  for  delirium,  etc. 

Monobromide  of  camphor,  in  doses  of  three  to  five  grs., 
properly  prepared,  may  be  given  three  to  six  times  a  day,  or 
fluid  extract  of  conium,  three  to  five  minims,  as  above. 

Enteritis.     {Inflammation  of  the  Bowels) 

Symptomatology. — Deep-seated  pain  in  the  bowels,  par- 
ticularly in  the  umbilical  region,  tenderness  on  pressure  over 
the  bowels.  The  pulse  is  hard  and  wiry,  the  tongue  covered 
with  a  dark  brown  coating,  and  the  skin  hot  and  dry.  There 
is  diarrhoea,  and  tke  abdomen  becomes  tympanitic.  There  is 
also  an  elevation  of  temperature.  The  sudden  cessation  of 
pain  and  tenderness  on  pressure,  are  indicative  of  gangrene. 


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Electrical  Treatmejit—U^e  A  D  current,  if  tVom  typlioid 
fever,  or  if  there  is  inflammation  of  Peyers  gland,  apply  P.  P. 
sponge  roll  to  coccyx,  or  introduce  tlie  anal  electrode  per  rec- 
tum, well  oiled,  N."  P.,  long  cord,  over  the  bowels  and  spine 
fifteen  to  thirty  minutes,  mild  force.  Change.  Use  B  D  cur- 
rent, apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  to  the  lower  dor.>al  vei-tebrae,  P. 
P.  over  the  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  mild  force.  Change 
and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  bowels  and 
lumbar  region  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Treat  from  one  to  three 
times  a  day,  daily,  or  every  other  day,  as  indicated.  Poultices 
of  hops  may  also  be  applied  to  the  bowels.  Dover's  or 
diaphoretic  powder,  veratrum  or  aconite  may  be  used  to  as.sist 
in  controling  the  feverish  or  inflammatory  action. 

Eomoeopathic  Treatmefit.— Aeon,  and  Bell.,  alternate  Bry. 

Metritis.     {Infiammation  of  the  Uterus) 

Symptomatology/.— DeeY>  seated  pain  in  the  pelvis,  hard  and 
wiry  pulse;  pressure  over  the  uterus  causes  pain.  On  examina- 
tion per  vagina,  the  uterus  is  tbund  to  be  tender  on  manipula- 
tion, hot  and  sometimes  enlarged. 

Electrical  Treatment.— Use  B  D  current.  Apply  N.  P., 
long  cord,  to  the  spine  over  the  upper  lumbar  vertebrae,  P.  P. 
over  the  uterus  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  mild  force.  Change 
and  attach  the  vaginal  electrode  to  the  long  cord  connected 
with  the  N.  P.,  introduce  the  electrode  per  vagina,  until  it 
meets  with  resistance  from  the  os  uteri.  Apply  P.  P.  over  the 
uierus  and  lumbar  region  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Change  and 
attach  P.  P.  to  the  instrument  and  apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over 
the  uterus  and  lumbar  region  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Treat 
daily  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatment— Tinct.  belladonna  may  be  given  in 
doses  of  five  to  ten  drops,  two  or  three  times  a  day,  or  veratrum 
veride,  gtt.,  one  to  two,  every  two  or  three  hours.  Spirits 
fBther  nitrous  in  teaspoonful  doses  two  or  three  times  a  day. 


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213 


TInct.  cannabis  indica,  in  five  to  ten  drop  doses,  twice  a  day. 
Cannabis  indica  will  arrest  menst!'  ation,  therefore  it  should 
not  be  given  at  such  periods. 

Hom(BO]patlnc  Treatment. — Aeon.,  Bell. 

Vicarious  Menstruation. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  B  current.  Apjily  P.  P., 
tongue  instrument,  to  the  tongue.  N.  P.  over  the  body  and 
extremities  generally,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  mild  force. 
,  Change  and  apply  P.  P.,  sponge-cup,  to  the  back  of  the  neck, 
N.  P.  over  the  body  generally,  as  before.  Change  and  apply 
N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  to  the  head,  as  directed  in  congestion 
or  inflammation  of  the  brain,  three  to  five  minutes.  Alternate 
the  above  treatment  every  other  day  with  the  general  tonic 
treatment  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Elixir  calisaya,  iron  and  strychnia ....   |jv. 

Sig. — One  small  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day,  before  meals. 

HommopathiG  Treatment. — Bryon.,  Ilamam. 

Poisoned  "Wounds  and  Ztmatio  Diseases.      (The   Value  of 
Iodine  in  their  Treatment.) 

Symptomatology. — Poisonous  wounds  caused  by  bite  of  rat- 
tle snake,  rabid  dog,  cut  made  by  a  dirty  knife,  stepping  on  a 
rusty  nail,  etc.  The  bite  of  many  wild  animals,  and  in  some 
cases  also  the  domestic,  are  poisonous  to  the  human  system. 
A  short  time  after  the  production  of  the  wound  the  parts  in- 
flame, swell,  and  become  of  a  red  or  greenish  color,  there  is 
fever,  and  in  some  cases  headache,  in  many  cases  the  absorp- 
tion of  the  poison  into  the  circulation  is  so  rapid  and  death 
follows  so  soon  that  there  is  no  time  for  local  symptoms  to 
show  themselves.  This  is  notably  the  case  in  bites  of  some 
poisonous  reptiles.     Again,  as  in  bites  of  rabid  animals,  the 


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local  lesion  may  be  of  comparative  insignificance.  The  con- 
Btitutional  disturbance  in  some  cases  is  very  severe,  and  very 
often  abscesses  form  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 

The  following  article  bv  H.  M.  Gauthier,  M.  U,  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  was  published  in  the  Chicago  Medical  Review, 
September  20,  1881,  pp.  4  to  20: 

«  A  short  time  ago  I  published  in  the  Chicago  Medical  Be- 
view  an  article  on  the  use  of  iodine  in  diphtheria.     The  treat- 
ment therein  described  seems  not  to  have  been  thoroughly 
comprehended  by  many,  as  I  have  received  numerous  letters  of 
inquiry  on  the  subject.     For  the  purpose  of   rendering  my 
system  of  treatment  more  comprehensible,  I  propose  in  the 
present  article  to  take  up  the  use  of  iodine,  not  only  in  diph- 
theria, but  also  in  other  zymotic  diseases.     I  do  not  make  a 
positive  diagnosis  of  diphtheria  until  I  have  found  the  char- 
acteristic  diphtheritic  exudation.     The  place  on  which  this 
appears  is  painted  with   tincture   of  iodine.     This  painting 
is   done   at   least   twice   a   day    until   every   particle   of  the 
exudation  is  destroyed.     The  general  treatment,  if  the  patient 
be  an  adult,  is  ten  to  twelve  drops  of  the  decolorized  tincture 
of  iodine,  or  eight  to  ten  drops  of  the  common  tincture  if  the 
former  tincture  is  not  at  hand,  in  a  little  water,  and  such  doses 
are  given  every  hour  until  the  fever  disappears,  as  it  generally 
does^'within  twelve  to  twenty-four  hours.     After  that  time  the 
same  doses  are  given  every  two  hours,  and  after  a  while  every 
three  hours,  until  the  patient  is  fully  recovered.     :No  treat- 
ment otherwise,  castor  oil  if  needed.    By  this  very  simple  treat- 
ment, I  maintain  that  diphtheria  is  easily  managed.     The  only 
trouble  is  how  to  apply  sometimes  the  local  throat  treatment. 
"As  a  rule,  I  would  say  the  treatment  of  diphtheria  with 
iodine  gives  better  results  than  ague  with  quinine.     I  have 
certainly  been  much  better  pleased  with  the  former  than  with 
the  latter.      Diphtheria  treated  early  will  yield    sometimes 
within  twenty-four  hours.     The  worst  cases  have  never  lasted 


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215 


in  my  experience  more  than  eight  dtivs.  I  do  not  coiiftider  a 
case  desperate  until  there  is  dyspna-a,  accompanied  with  cya- 
nosis. I  do  not  believe  in  the  existence  of  cases  that  kill  the 
patient  at  once.  I  have  examined  many  such,  and  found  by 
the  throat  that  the  disease  had  been  present  several  days,  f 
have  treated  as  many  as  seven  and  eight  at  a  time  in  the  same 
building.  I  have  treated  diphtheria  in  Louisiana,  in  Manitoba, 
in  Illinois  and  in  Minnesota,  and  I  have  had  mnch  aliout  the 
same  results  in  the  disease  everywhere  since  lyt].'*,  the  time 
when  I  adopted  my  present  treatment. 

"The  way  in  which  I  came  to  use  iodine  in  diphtheria  is 
as  follows:  Twenty-eight  years  ago  I  went  with  a  French 
party  to  establish  a  settlement  in  Iroquois  ("oiinty.  Illinois. 
The  county  was  literally  alive  with  serpents,  and  fevers  were 
very  prevalent.  The  prairie  rattlesnake  figured  prominently, 
consequently  rattlesnake  bites  were  of  frequent  (KMMiirence. 
Such  bites  were  almost  sure  death  to  man,  and  hardly  ever 
failed  to  kill  horses  or  cattle.  I  tried  ammonia  and  other 
remedies  without  avail.  I  then  heard  of  the  expi-rience  of 
Dr.  Brainard,  of  Chiovgo,  on  local  application  of  iodine  by 
absorption  under  a  glass  tube  as  described  in  the  United  States 
Dispensatory.  I  tried  it  without  result.  On  dogs  it  was  a 
success,  for  the  reason  that  dogs,  as  a  rule,  recover  any  way 
from  a  rattlesnake's  bite,  although  they  swell  to  an  enormous 
size.  I  tried  iodine  internally,  and  simply  painted  the  bitten 
parts  frequently  with  tincture  of  iodine  and  covered  them  up 
with  an  emollient  poultice  when  possible,  which  proved  to  be 
perfectly  successful.  Since  that  time  I  have  never  lost  a  case 
by  rattlesnake  bites.  I  have  treated  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren; have  treated  them  early  and  late,  when  they  were 
swollen  all  over  the  body,  when  the  eyes  were  glassy;  some- 
times when  they  were  vomiting  blood  and  apparently  in  the 
throes  of  dissolution,  and  they  would  recover  and  do  it 
quickly,  so  much  so  that  I  concluded  it  was  never  too  late  to 


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treat  a  prairie  rattlosniike  bite.  Allow  nie  to  cite  two  exam- 
ples. Two  cliiklren,  one  American,  the  otlior  French,  both  of 
them  ten  months  old,  were  bitten  at  one  year's  interval  between 
each  case.  The  history  of  one  case  will  tell  the  story  for 
both,  as  they  are  identical.  A  child  ten  months  old  had  been 
left  alone  in  the  yard  in  the  afternoon.  In  the  absence  of  the 
mother  a  rattlesnake  came  and  bit  the  child  on  both  hands 
ten  or  twelve  times.  I  saw  the  case  about  one  hour  after  the 
accident.  The  child  had  turned  blue  all  over.  From  head  to 
foot  there  was  but  a  small  spot  of  natm-al  color,  half  the  size 
of  the  hand,  between  the  shoulders.  I  had  given  an  unfavora- 
ble prognosis  with  such  cases,  but  iievertheloss  it  recovered 
very  quickly.  I  do  not  remember  to  have  found  it  necessary 
to  treat  a  rattlesnake  bite  longer  than  a  consecutive  period  of 
two  days.  The  colony  lost  so  heavily  in  horses  and  cattle  by 
rattlesnakes  that  I  was  prevailed  upon  to  try  my  hand  upon 
them.  I  had  a  lay  assistant  who  managed  to  give  his  i)atients 
about  one  dessertspoonful  of  tincture  iodine,  properly  diluted, 
and  paint  iodine  over  the  bitten  parts,  but  no  poultice.  They 
all  recovered,  commonly  within  twelve  hours.  I  have  success- 
fully treated  at  least  one  hundred  and  fifty,  and  about  one 
liundi-ed  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  animals  for  rattlesnake  bites. 
■  Diphtheria  and  rattlesnake  bites  are  classed  by  some  authors 
as  analogous  diseases.  Here  I  may  be  allowed  to  give  to  the 
medical  public  some  little  experience  I  have  had  with  the  so- 
called  zymotic  diseases.  Eight  or  nine  years  ago,  in  Aurora, 
111.,  a  farmer,  while  cutting  green  stalks  of  corn  cut  himself 
very^  slightly  over  his  knee.  He  did  not  mind  that  lor  several 
days;  but  all  at  once,  finding  it  very  painful,  he  concluded  to< 
come  to  me  himself,  a  seven-mile  trip.  He  ordered  his  horse:-, 
and  went  in  an  upper  room  to  dress  himself.  But  before  lis 
horses  could  be  harnessed  he  was  taken  with  such  pain  as  to 
be  unable  to  move  or  be  moved.  They  sent  for  me  in  a  hurry. 
When  I  arrived  I  found  the  patient  almost  insane  with  pain; 


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ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


217 


IH' 


MO  exain- 
1,  both  of 
il  between 
story  for 
liiid  been 
e  of  the 
loth  hiiiuls 
after  tlie 
ri  head  to 
f  the  size 
uiifrtvora- 
recovei'ed 
necessary 
period  of 
cattle  by 
land  upon 
is  patients 
Iv  diluted, 
ce.     They 
\'e  success- 
about  one 
iiake  bites. 
lie  authors 
pve  to  tlie 
ith  the  so- 
li Aurora, 
It  himself 
or  several 
eluded  to< 
lis  horses-, 
before  h's 
pain  as  to 
fi  a  hurry, 
vith  pain; 


be  could  not  allow  the  people  to  walk  on  the  ground  floor  of 
the  house.  The  cut  on  his  knee  was  small,  not  deep.  It  did 
not  look  much  inflamed.  His  lips  and  nose  were  white  and 
cold;  no  swelling  worth  mentioning.  I  applied  iodine  to  the 
cut,  covered  it  up  with  emollient  poultice,  and  gave  pretty  fre- 
quent doses  of  iodine  internally.  In  two  hours  the  man  was 
comparatively  easy;  he  could  be  nndressed,  broii;jfht  to  the 
main  story  of  the  house,  and  speak  instead  of  howl.  Four  days 
after  he  rode  to  my  office,  and  I  closed  the  cut  on  hid  knee  with 
a  strap  of  ]>laster;  no  furtlier  trouble. 

"  Six  year.s  ago,  while  in  St.  Paul,  a  man  aged  fifty,  strong 
and  hearty,  came  to  me  for  malignant  pustule.  I  treated  him 
with  iodine  locally  and  generally,  beside  emollient  poultice,  and 
lie  fully  recovered.  Five  years  ago  I  was  sent  for,  a  weak, 
antemic,  little  girl,  five  years  old.  The  right  side  of  her  face  was 
hideously  swollen,  but  not  red.  From  the  chin  to  the  roots  of 
the  hair  appeared  a  small  brown  track  that  looked  exactly  like 
the  chain  stitch  of  a  sewing  machine.  The  family  claimed  it 
was  the  result  of  the  bite  of  a  ijoisonons  spider.  I  ajiplied 
locally,  and  gave  internally  the  iodine  treatment;  she  jecovered 
w^ll,  but  not  near  r.3  rapidly  as  the  cases  of  rattlesnake  bite. 
One  of  my  daughters,  aged  twenty,  had  the  same  misfortune 
of  being  bitten  on  the  hand  by  a  spider;  she  got  well,  but  not 
rapidly.  Six  years  ago,  a  man  while  handling  ice  cut  his  hand 
slightly  with  the  ice  tongs.  The  next  day  he  felt  deathly 
sick.  Two  hours  after  I  was  at  his  bedside;  he  was  perfectly 
unconscious,  and  was  a  well  marked  CMse  of  tetanus.  I  gave 
him  a  hypodermic  injection  of  decolorized  tincture  of  iodine 
and  painted  very  freely  and  frequently  the  scratch  on  his  hand 
with  the  tincture  of  iodine,  covering  it  up  with  a  poultice. 
After  a  while  he  recovered  his  senses  to  a  cetain  extent.  I 
then  injected  into  his  mouth,  with  a  small  rubber  syringe,  some 
tincture  of  iodine,  properly  diluted,  and  by  that  means  gave 
him  pretty  free  dosea.     On  the  second  or  third  day  the  con- 


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tractions  of  the  musoles  ))egaii  to  give  way,  on  the  fourth  day 
he  came  on  foot  to  my  office  to  pay  me  his  respects.  He  has 
never  experienced  any  further  trouble.  I  do  not  chiim  that 
these  last  few  isolated  cases  will  constitute  proof  that  iodine  is 
H  6j)ecific  in  all  such  diseases,  but  it  may  be  well  to  try;  par- 
ticularly in  such  cases  as  do  not  admit  of  treatment  in  the 
present  sUite  of  medical  science.  Why  not  try  the  same  treat- 
ment in  rabies  cunina.  It  would  not  be  a  new  thing  in  syphilis. 
It  seems  well  worth  trying  in  dissection  wounds.  As  to  'iph- 
theria  and  prairie  rattlesnake's  bite,  it  is  not  a  theory  but  .»,  cer- 
tainty." 


A  fjperior  Pocket  Induction  (Faradaic)  Apparatus,  having  rery  expensive 
coils  so  as  to  get  the  desired  ranges  in  the  qualities  of  currents,  in  a  very  small 
space.  It  (>;  crates  by  means  of  very  little  bisulphate  of  Mercury,  gives  very 
strong  power,  an  1  is  more  satisfactory  in  its  operation  than  any  other  pocket 
apparatus  made  i"  any  country.  (See  award  l>y  the  American  Institute  ir.  'hei 
catalogue.)  Two  handles  and  sponge-clasps  with  conducting  cords  accompany 
each  apparatus. 

Sterility. 

Electrical  Treatment. — UseB  D  current,  apply  P.  P  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  uterus,  pubes  and  thighs  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes,  then  apply  N.  P.  between  the  thighs,  P.  P.  over  the 
cerebellum  and  neck  five  to  ten  minutes,  or  attach  the  N".  P. 
to  the  vaginal  electrode,  introduce  per  vagina  and  treat  the 
cerebellum  and  neck  five  to  ten  minutes.  Conclude  by  giv- 
ing a  general  tonic  treatment.  Treat  three  to  six  times  a 
weeeL 


liilSin'i'ii'i'i  ■!■ 


<-*lillHII  „- '■■i','^'|l!HU.-  vm'>i'-.'W-''^'l^, 


« 


fourth  day 
8.  He  has 
oliiiin  tl»at 
at  iodine  is 
to  try;  par- 
lent  in  the 
suine  treat- 
in  Hvphilis. 
\h  t(i  'iph- 
■y  but   i  cer- 


Tery  expensive 
,  in  a  very  small 
cury,  Rives  very 
iny  other  pocket 
Institute  ir.  'hei 
:ords  accompany 


y  P.  P  to  the 
ten  to  fifteen 
'.  P.  over  the 
ich  the  N.  P. 
and  treat  the 
iclude  by  giv- 
3  six  times  a 


ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION.  219 

Medirnl    T/wz/mm^.— Phosphorus,  tonics,  alt.  lutives  and 
stimulants  may  also  be  used. 

Homoeojiathic  Treatment.— V^^o^.,  Baryto  c,  Cann.,  Sep. 

Night  Sweats. 
Symptomatology.— K\Z^\t  sweats  are  found  accompanying 
many  debilitating  diseases,  rtiore  particularly  phthisis.     The 
patient  awakens  in  the  early  morning  and  finds  his  skin  and 
linen  bathed  in  a  cold  clamtny  perspiration. 

Electncal  Treatment.— V^g  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the  body,  generally  ten  to  twenty  minutes, 
once  a  day 

Medical  Treatment: — 

5. — Aromatic  sulphuric  acid !]• 

Quinine ^ .  •  •   grs  xx.  m. 

Sig.— Five  to  ten  drops  in  sweetened  water  every  two  oi 
three  houfs. 
Or  better  still. 

5. — Aromatic  sulphuric  acid Sjj- 

Dextro-quinine 3j. 

"Whisky,  pure Sjy* 

Simple  syrup yj-  ™ 

Sig.— One  teaspoonful  every  two  hours. 

Mommopatkic  Treatment.— Chm.,  Arsen.,  Phos.  ac,  Muc. 

Anchtlosis.  {To  prevent  and  to  cure) 
Electrical  Treatment— Xi^Q  A  D  current.  If  in  the  knee, 
apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  above,  around  and  below  the 
joint,  (sponge  to  prevent)  metalic  brush  and  sponge  to  cure, 
five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck, 
K.  P.  over  the  joint,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  Then  apply  P. 
P.  to  the  hip,  N.  P.  over  the  joint,  as  before.      Then  manipu- 


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220  ELECTRICAL   MKDIOATinW. 

late  with  V.  P.  and  N.  P.  over  the  joint,  hoMing  them  oppo- 
site ench  other  while  treating  the  joint.     Use  strong  force  as 
the  patient  oun  bear.    Treat  ten  to  twenty  minutes.     If  at  any 
time  (hiring  the  treatment  there  should  be  too  much  irritation 
])ro(luced,  use  lonff  cord  to  remove  the  same,  which  may  be 
applied  as  last  named,  or  apply  N.  P.  to  the  foot  of  aftected 
limb,  P.  P.  over  the  joint.     Treat  once  or  twice  a  day.    It  re- 
quires  from   one   to   three  months   to   cure   a   bad  case   of 
anchylosis,  and  only  a  few  treatments  to  prevent  anchylosis 
in  any  joint  in  the  incipiency  of  the  disease.      Iodoform  and 
iron  in  solution  or  in  pills  may  be  given  two  or  three  times  a 
day,  or  compound  syrup  etillingia  and  iodide  potassa. 

Breast.     {Lacteal  tumors  of.) 

Electrical  Treatment.— Use  A  D  or  A  B  current,  apply  P. 
P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  breast,  ten  minutes.  Change 
and  ai)ply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  breast 
as  before,  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  P.  P.  to  one  side  of  the 
breast,  N.  P.  opposite,  making  applications  around  the  breast  so 
as  to  pass  the  currents  in  various  directions  through  the  tumor, 
usin<'  cords  that  are  of  unequal  length  to  the  extent  of  the 
diameter  of  the  base  of  the  breast,  which  will  bring  the  tumor 
under  the  influence  of  the  short  cord  connected  with  the  P.  P. 
Treat  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.     Treat  daily  or  every  other  day. 

Medical  Treatment: — Discutient  and  alterative  lotion. 

51. — iS'itrate  potassa §ij. 

Aqua oj. 

Spirits  nitre 5j. 

Sulphuric  acid %. 

Tinct.  opii Sjj-  «. 

Apply  once  or  twice  a  day  on  cotton  cloth  moistened  with  the 
compound  until  discussed.  Protect  the  clothing  by  applying 
cotton  or  cloths. 


■  ■■g-i.i!v:-:3.--iy'  .^--T-?.-  -  -r.  . 


•arri>  •gttftrwn-;-'.--  gjafcaagft-  Jf.r- 


W'fyii  jipt'tffPf 


KLECTRIOAI.    MUUIOATION. 


them  oppo- 
iig  force  as 
If  at  any 
cli  irritation 
it'll  may  be 
t  of  affected 
day.  It  re- 
bad  case  of 
anchylosis 
)d()foi'm  and 
iree  times  a 
£sa. 


ent,  apply  P. 
tes.  Change 
er  the  breast 
e  side  of  the 
1  the  breast  so 
jh  the  tumor, 
extent  of  the 
ng  the  tumor 
ith  the  P.  Pc 
iry  other  day. 
I'e  lotion. 

ened  with  the 
i  by  applying 


Syimiius. 

Symptomatology. — The  primary  symptoms  of  syphilis  is  a 
small,  excoriated  sore,  with  indurated  edges,  situated  on  tho 
mucus  membrane  of  the  penis,  called  chancre.  It  has  been 
called  by  various  deHignatioiis,  such  as  Iliinterian  cluincre,  hard 
chancre,  etc.  The  other  Byin|)toniB  are  a  copper-colored  sore 
throat,  a  copper-colored  eruption  on  the  skin,  a  notclKul  up- 
pearance  of  tlie  teetli,  nodes  on  the  bones,  enlarged  and  indu- 
rated glands,  hemicranial  pains,  pains  in  the  bones  of  the  legs, 
falling  of  the  hair,  eyebrows  and  beard,  ulcers  of  the  tongue, 
thickening  of  the  periosteum  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 

Electrical  Trmtment. — Use  A  D  current,  drop  the  tonsus 
with  the  N.  P.  into  a  mug  of  water,  apply  P.  P.  over  the  kiiU 
Jieys  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  then  apply  P.  P.  over  the  hernial 
rings  on  each  side  of  the  abdomen  down  to  the  pubes  five  to 
ten  minutes,  then  attach  P.  P.  to  tlie  tongue  instrument,  using 
A  B  current,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  once  a  day  or  every 
other  day  until  the  ulcers  are  healed.  For  buboes,  apply  P.  P. 
to  the  same,  N.  P.,  long  cord.,  opposite  on  the  back.  Treat 
each  ten  to  fifteen  minutes  daily,  as  above. 

Medical  Treatment. — Keep  the  bowels  regular  by  using 
gaits  or  podophyllin,  follow  with  two  or  three  grains  of  dex- 
tro-quinine  every  three  hours  for  nine  hours. 

5. — Compound  syp.  stillingia ^V. 

Iodide  potassa 3jj.  nti. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonfid  three  times  a  day  before  meals.  If 
the  patient  is  debilitated  give  the  following  tonic: 

^. — Muriate  tinct.  ferri ||. 

Quinine. ., grs  zx.  m. 

Sig. — Ten  to  fifteen  drops  in  sweetened  water  three  times  a 
day,  after  meals;  cauterize  the  sores  with  solid  nitrate  of  sil- 
ver; use  the  yellow  wash  three  times  a  day.  If  there  are  bu- 
boes anoint  with  iodine  ointment. 


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222  ELECTP.iCAI,    WK.niOATIOM. 

Yellow  wash: 

9. — Corrosive  subllmito K|"* JJ- 

Aqua  calcis 5jj-  >"• 

Used  in  Byphilitic  ciiaes. 
Blnck  wash: 

^.—Hydrarg.  chloridi  mit grs  xx. 

Aqua  calcib Ijj-  "»• 

Uaed  in  similar  cases  to  above  formula. 
The  following  alterative  flhould  be  used  for  three  months;  if 
a  bad  case,  six  months: 

^.—Compound  syrup  Btillingia,  Merrill's, 

of  Cincinnati oj- 

Iodide  potassa 3jj.  to  jv. 

gjg. One  toaspoonful  three  times  a  day. 

Stmcope  OS  FAmrorOb 
Electrical  Treatment.— Give  general  tonic  treatment;  then 
apply  P  P.  of  the  A  D  current  to  the  back  of  the  neck. 
Manipulate  with  N.  P.  over  the  stomuch  and  liver  ten  to  ht- 
teen  minutes.  Unloosen  the  clothing,  sprinkle  cold  water  on 
the  face,  moisten  a  cloth  in  cold  water  and  apply  to  the  t<,r«> 
head.  Continue  treatment  and  applications  as  indicated  until 
relieved.  The  following  may  b^  ,;  ven: 
Medical  Treatment: — 

]^. Aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia !]• 

Sig —Fifteen  to  sixty  drops  in  water  every  hour  or  two. 
Also  inhale  from  the  bottle,  two  to  five  minutes  at  a  time, 
two  or  three  times  an  hour. 

Eomceopathk  Treatment— Q^m^\^.,  Ign.,  lod.,  Chin.,  Verat. 


Kifi-^--^^"^^  _i;f-'^l7; 


EI,ECrttlC.VL    MKIHCATIoN. 


22a 


ScAKi-KT  KiVKK,  Meahi.kh,  Ktc.     {/•Jnijtdv,;  ilhenneif.) 


>•«  JJ- 
jj-  «"• 


in  XX. 


•e  months;  if 


0.1  • 

3jj.  to  jv. 


atment;  then 
of  the  neck, 
rer  ten  to  tit- 
cold  water  on 
y  to  the  fore- 
ndicnted  until 


hour  or  two. 
tes  at  a  time, 

.,Ohiu.,Verat. 


MEAHI.KH. 

Sijmptomatology. — MouhIch  j^tMU'raiiv  hejfins  with  catarrhal 
f«"-or,  laHtiinf  froui  one  t<>  tlinH^!  <layrt.  A  niwh  then  appearH  on 
tJie  wkin,  at  tirnt  in  Hnuill  dots,  which,  in  a  Hliort  time  coaleHce. 
forming  imtcliert  of  a  creccent  or  Bemi-lnnar  form  and  of  a  dark 
leaden  red  e..!(»r,  first  on  the  fiiee  and  tiieiicr  Hpreiidin;?  d«»wn- 
wards  over  the  body  and  extreniitifs.  At  the  end  of  three  or 
four  days  the;-  disappear  by  desquanuition  of  the  cuticule. 

WARI.ATINA. 

Symptnmntnlogy. — The  Hvmptouis  are  an  increase  in  tem- 
jM'ratnre,  thirnt,  and  a  quickened  pulse.  AI»out  the  fourth  day 
tiiere  in  some  nwelling  of  the  face,  and  irn'gular  patches  of  a 
light  red  color  make  their  appearance  on  different  parts  of  the 
body.  In  from  four  to  five  days  the  rash  disappears  and  the 
cuticule  falls  off  in  brawnydike  scales.  In  the  severe  forms  of 
the  disease  there  is  soreness  and  ulceration  of  the  throat,  de- 
lirium and  pain  in  the  head,  vomiting,  a  very  high  tempera- 
ture, the  skin  is  dry  and  hot,  the  tongue  is  dry  and  florid  along 
the  edges.  There  is  great  thirst.  The  glands  of  the  lower 
jaw  become  paiidul  and  swollen,  the  rasii  assumes  a  dark, 
purplish  color,  and  great  prostration  and  a  debilitating 
diarrh(Ea.  The  ulcers  of  the  throat  assume  a  dark  sloughing 
and  livid  appearance.  The  temperature  rises  rapidly,  coma  and 
death  soon  follow. 

Electrical  Treatment.— li  the  fever  is  high  use  B  D  cur- 
rent. Apply  P.  P.,  tongue  instrument,  to  the  tongue,  N.  P., 
lung  cord,  all  over  the  body  and  limbs  five  to  fifteen  minutes. 
Should  the  eruption  recede  at  any  time,  use  cords  of  equal 
length  and  A  D  as  above  directed,  to  bring  the  eruption  to  the 
surface.     When  tonics  are  indicated  give  tonic  treatment  also. 


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.  i^t^.wiii'iu'.uii^  |i,i!Wi'."i,i.iy!.8ljj'jj\'.'.'';ff 


iL. 


224  EI.KCTKICAL    MEDICATION. 

Treat  or.ce  or  twice  a  day  until  you  get  control  of  the  disease, 
and  often  enougl.  to  keep  control  of  it.  Use  the  following 
during  the  sickness: 

^._Dry  digitalis  leaves  (green  in  color)  in 

line  powder g^s-jj- 

17.    •     1  1  o  .   . . .  "  ii-  TO- 

Zinci  suiplias JJ 

Siff  —Put  into  four  ounces  of  spearmint  tea.  Shake  up  well 
Give  a  child  one  teasp..onf«l  every  two  or  three  hours  until 
cured.     Adults,  three  or  four  every  two  or  three  hours. 

In  small-pox  use  the  following  in  connection  with  the  med- 
icine: Apply  over  the  chest  and  stomach  with  oleum  tiglii 
in  sufficient  quantity  to  draw  the  eruption  there.  Ihis 
will  usually  prevent  pitting  of  the  face  in  small-pox  and  se- 
,ure  a  favorahle  prognosis  in  a  majority  of  casefi.  If  there  is 
tever  give  aconite  and  helludonna  alternately  every  hour  or 
two.  If  cough, 
Medical 'Treatment: — 

Ij,. Carbonate  ammonia 3j,|. 

Syrup,  wild  cherry - ?JJ' 

Syrup,  ginger '■   33> 

Syrup,  tolu |1;.. 

Whisky  (pure) 3JJ3-  "*• 

Sig.-Two-thirds  of  a  tablespoonful  every  three  hours. 
Bathe  the  body  with  whisky  ^nd  vinegar,  equal  parts,  once 
or  twice  a  day.     Or  weak  lye-water,  soda-water,  etc.     Give 
nourishing  food,  electrical  and  medical  tonics,  also  stimulants. 

Mastodynia. 
^v;„«to7m^toZ.^y.- Phlegmonous  inflammation  of  ihe 
breasts,  terminating  in  supuration,  generally  occurs  in  women 
after  parturition.  A  short  time  after  delivery  the  woman  may 
have  a  slight  chill,  followed  by  some  fever,  together  with  pain, 
heat,  and  swelling  in   the  br3.tst.     The  pain  is  ot  a  throbbing 


ii^.iJE»*U. 


■^^ij':-,,i...- 


ELECTRICAL    MEDICATION. 


225 


)f  the  disease, 
the  following 


Shake  up  well, 
■ee  hours  until 
e  hours, 
with  the  med- 
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character,  indicating  the  formation  of  pus.  In  a  few  days  the 
abscess  points  and  opens  spontaneously  or  is  opened  by  the 
knife  of  the  surgeon. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  or  A  E  current,  apply  P. 
P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord.,  over  the  breast,  live  to  ten 
minutes.  P.  P.  may  also  be  applied  to  the  back  of  the  neck, 
N.  P.  over  the  breast  as  before,  or  N.  P.  may  he  applied  to  the 
coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  breast  five  to  ten  minutes.  If  caused 
by  suppressed  menstruation,  remove  the  cause  by  treating  as 
directed  for  the  same  in  another  part  of  this  work.  If  from 
cold  use  the  following: 

Medical  Treatment. — I^. — ^Valerianate  ammonia  grs.  one 
to  three  every  hour  or  two,  or  tinct.  gelsemini  gtts.  three  to 
six  in  water  every  two  hours. 

Pancreatitis.     {Inflammation  of  the  Pancreas^ 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  on  the  spine,  back  of  the  epigas- 
tric region,  behind  the  stomach.  Treat  from  right  to  left, 
downwa/dly  over  the  left  hypochondric  region,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes.  Then  apply  P,  P.  on  the  spine,  back  of  the  stomach, 
N.  P.  over  the  stomach,  right  to  lel't,  as  before,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes.     Treat  daily  until  relieved. 

Medical  Treatmei  ' : — Valerianate  ammonia  one  to  three 
grain  doses  three  or  four  times  a  day.  Tinct.  belladonna  five 
to  ten  gtt.  doses  every  three  hours.  Sinapisms  may  also  be 
applied  to  the  spine  if  indicated. 

PcERPEBAL  Fever.     {Childbed  Fever!) 

Symptomatology. — Chills  and  fever,  and  sometimes  peri- 
tonitis coming  ^-n  a  few  days  after  delivery.  The  pulse  is 
quickened,  and  the  temperature  elevated.  The  tongue  has  a 
peculiar  slimy  appearance.  The  patient  becomes  delirious.  In 
some  cases  there  is  persistent  vomiting. 
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Electrical  Treatment.— li  there  is  inflammation  of  tlie  per- 
itonanim  or  internal  organs  of  generation  use  B  D  current. 
Attach  P.  P.  to  the  vaginal  electrode,  introduce  per  vagina  and 
apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the  bowels  and  lumbar  region  ten 
to  twenty  minutes,  mild  force.    Change  and  apply  N.  P.,  long 
cord,  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  ove)   the  bowels  ten  to  twenty  min- 
utes.    Change  and  attach  N.   P.,  long  cord,  to  the  vaginal 
electrode,  introduce  per  vagina  and  apply  P-  P.  over  the  kid- 
neys and  bowels  ten  to  twenty  minutes.     Treat  two  or  three 
times  a  day  until  relief  is  given,  afterward  as  indicated.^    If 
the  lochia  should  at  atiy  time  become  suppressed  apply  N.  P. 
of  the  A  D  current,  to  the  vulva  or  per  vagina,  P.  P.  over  the 
bowels  and  kidneys  five  to  fifteen  minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day, 
until  relieved;  follow  with  emollient  injections  to  cleanse  the 
parts,  twice  a  day;  favor  the  flow  of  milk  by  applying  P.  P. 
to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  breasts,  five  to  ten 
minutes  each,  once  or  twice  a  day. 

Should  the  head  beanne  involved  with  indications  of  delirium, 
treat  as  directed  for  delirium,  congestion  or  inflammation  of 
the  brain.  If  the  lungs,  as  for  pneumonia.  -  Tinct.  gelsemini, 
veratrum  or  aconite  may  also  be  used.  When  tonics  are  indi- 
cjited,  give  general  tonic  treatment;  also  dextro-quinine  in  one 
to  three-grain  doses,  every  two  to  three  hours,  with  nourishing 
food,  beer,  whisky,  light  wine,  etc. 

HiEMATURiA.     {Hemorrhage  from  the  Bladder.) 

Symptomatology.— RtRmatwr'm  sometimes  occurs  in  certain 
epidemics,  such  as  cholera,  severe  malaria  fever,  and  in  ty- 
phoid fever  when  the  blood  is  in  an  impoverished  condition; 
may  be  caused  by  the  presence  of  a  stone  in  the  bladder  or  ul- 
ceration of  the  lining  of  the  mucous  membrane.  The  bladder 
should  be  searched  for  stone.  Hemorrhage  coming  on  after 
exercise  or  exposure,  accompanied  by  twinging  pain  in  the 
penis,  there  can  be  but  little  doubt  that  the  homorrhage  in  this 


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case  is  from  the  bladder  When  the  hemorrliage  is  from  the 
kidneys  the  first  urine  voided  is  clear,  the  blood  passing  away 
in  small  clots  toward  the  close  of  micturition. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current.  Apply  P.  P. 
with  the  tensus  in  a  mug  of  water,  N.  P.,  long  cord.,  over  the 
bowels  and  kidneys  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Treat  two  or  three 
times  a  day.  If  a  female,  treat  the  same  way,  except,  apply 
P.  P.  between  the  labia,  over  the  urethra.  Administer  tinc- 
ture cannabis  indica,  English,  in  five  drop  doses  on  sugar  every 
hour  until  two  or  three  doses  have  been  given,  if  i-equired;  or 
chloride  sodium  in  one-fourth  teaspoonful  doses  every  hour,  or 
oil  erigerott  in  five  drop  doses  on  sugar  every  thirty  minutes. 

H^MATEMESis.     {Vomiting  of  Blood!) 

Symptomatology. — Generally  attacks  women,  particularly 
those  of  a  full  habit,  and  at  times  when  the  menses  are  suj)- 
pressed.  The  attack  is  generally  preceded  by  rigors.  Puie 
blood  is  seldom  vomited,  unless  caused  by  a  corrosive  poison 
or  violence.  There  is  a  sense  of  pain  and  weight  in  the  region 
of  the  stomach,  which  may  be  accompanied  by  a  cough. 

Electrical  Treatment.-  —Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P.,  long  cord,  over  the  stomach,  three  to  five 
minutes.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  base  of  the  spine, 
P.  P.  over  the  stomach,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Also  P.  P.  over 
the  stomach,  N.  P.  opposite,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat  once 
or  twice  a  day.  Tincture  of  cannabis  indica  may  be  given 
in  five  drop  doses  on  sugar,  every  hour  or  two  until  ten  to 
fifteen  drops  have  been  given.  Alum-water  or  salt  and  water, 
in  small  quantities,  one  or  the  other,  every  hour,  should  the 
first  named  treatment  fail,  which  is  not  likely  to. 

Melancholia.  {Derangement  of  the  Mental  Faculties.) 

Symptomatology, — A  mental  disease,  or  one  of  the  variouK 
forms  of  insanity,  marked  by  gloom,  mistrust  and  mental  de- 


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228  BLEOTBIOAL   MEDICATION. 

pre^sion      The  patient  becomes  incapable  of  attending  to  his 
business,  shuns  society,  and  seeks  solitude.      Takes  a  gloom)- 
view    of    life,   talks   of    committing   suic'de.     This  class  ot 
patients  are  insane  on  one  particular  poir.t  or  train  of  ideas. 
Electrical  Treatment.— M^Q  B  D  current.     Apply  I .  I .  to 
the  tongue,  N.  P,  over  the  spine  generally,  commencing  at  the 
base  of  the  brain  and  treating  downward  five  to  ten  minutes, 
then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  chest 
and  bowels  five  minutes;   change,  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the 
coccvx,  moisten  the  hair  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  head,  gen- 
eralfy  three  to  five  minutes,  mild  force;  then  manipulate  with 
P  P  over  the  eyes  and  ears  five  to  ten  minutes;  conclude  by 
givincr  a  tonic  treatment  of  five  to  ten  minutes.     Treat  once  a 
dav   ^Divert  the  mind  and  thoughts  of  the  patient  from  his 
re^l  or  imaginary  troubles  by   change  of  air,    scenery   and 
associates.     Tonics  and  stimulants,  with  light  nourishing  food, 
should  be  given  in  reasonable  quantities. 

Lethargy.     {Stupor,  Coma.) 
Symptomatology.— K  profound  sleep,  from  which  it  is  al- 
most impossible  to  rouse  the  patient.     The  patient  lies  with 
his  eyes  closed,  but  opens  them  when  spoken  to  or  called  by 
name,  and  almost  immediately  closes  them  again. 

Electrical  Treatment.-Xi^^  A  D  current,  medium  strength. 
Apply  P   P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  lower 
part  of  the  chest,  stomach  and  bowels  five  to  ten  minutes; 
change,  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  to  the  spine  five 
to  ten  minutes;  then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  eyes,  ears,  etc.,  as  di- 
rected in  other  parts  of  this  work,  five  to  ten  minutes;  iN.  P. 
mav  be  held  in  the  hands  of  the  patient  and  P.  P.  applied  be- 
tween the  shoulders  five  minutes;  conclude  by  giving  a  gen- 
eral tonic  treatment  if  indicated.     The  above  treatment  may 
be  «^iven  every  three  to  six  hours,  with  stimulants  and  tonics, 
until  relieved^     One  to  two  treatments  generally  sufficient. 
HomiXopaihiQ  Treatment. — Opium. 


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Symptomatology. — The  countenance  is  pale  and  the  patient 
complains  of  great  debility,  loss  of  appetite,  irregularity  of  the 
bowels  and  periodic  fever.  Petichaa  or  ecchymosis,  often  of  a  / 
large  size,  and  of  a  bright  red  color,  but  soon  becomes  purple. 
These  spots  sometimes  bleed,  but  the  hemorrhage  is  generally 
from  the  internal  mucous  membranes,  recurring  at  stated  pe- 
riods of  the  day.  The  disease  may  prove  fatjil  from  sudden 
eftusion-of  blood  into  the  pulmonary  tissue,  or  from  the  mucus 
surface  of  the  alimentary  canal,  and  bladder. 

ElecPrical  Treatiaent. — Use  A  D  current.  Apply  P.  P. 
tongue  instrument  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  face,  jaws,  neck 
and  shoulders  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the 
feet,  P.  P.  to  the  face  over  the  parts  diseased,  also  to  the  sides  of  •' 
the  neck,  between  the  clavicle  and  scapula,  five  minutes  each. 
Treat  three  times  a  week,  eating  freely  of  fruits  and  taking  out- 
door exercise.  Use  as  a  tonic  five  to  fifteen  drops  of  muriate 
tiiict.  ferri,  largely  diluted  with  water,  three  to  four  times  a  day. 
Apply  also  to  the  diseased  parts,  once  or  twice  a  day,  some  of 
the  tincture  slightly  diluted.  Also  give  the  following  alterative: 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Compound  syrup  stillingia ^j^* 

Iodide  potassa 3j.  to  jj. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day  before  each  meal. 
Should  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs  or  bowels  occur:  If  from  the 
lungs,  apply  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  to  the  tongue,  N.  P., 
long  cord,  over  the  lungs  and  spine  five  to  ten  minutes,  once 
or  twice  a  day.  If  from  the  bowels,  apply  P.  P.,  sponge-roll, 
to  the  coccyx,  N.  P.  over  the  bowels  and  spine,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes,  once  or  twice  a  day.  Also  give  the  following : 
Oil  erigeron,  in  five-drop  doses,  on  sugar;  or  tinct.  cannabis 
indica  (English),  as  above,  every  thirty  minutes,  until  two  or 
three  doses  have  been  given. 


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Gura  acacia 
Fiat  pilulffi  No.  32. 
Sig.— One  pill  every  hour  for  hemorrhage  ol  the  bowels. 
Eat  acid  fruits,  such  as  oranges,  lemons,  etc. 
Hommopathic  Treatmmt.—Bvyom^  Ferrum. 

Tenesmus. 
SymptormtoUgy.^K  griping  pain  in  the  bowels,  with  a 

constant  desire  to  go  to  stool.  ,    -vt  -n    ; 

Electrical  Treatment.— \^^^  A  D  current,  apply  N.  P.,  loru, 
cord,  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  bowels  and  back  ten  to 
fifteen  minutes.      Change  and  apply  N.  P.  between  the  il.a, 
below  the  lower  lumbar  vertebrae,  P.  P.  over  the  boweta,  ten 
to  fifteen  minutes.     If  there  should  be  a  bearing-down  sensa- 
tion in  the  bowels,  treat  as  follows  before  giving  above  named 
treatment:     Apply  P.  P.  to  the  coccyx,  N.  P.,  long  cord  over 
the  bowels  and  spine,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.     Then  give  treat- 
ment  as  first  described.     Treat  once  or  twice  a  day. 
Phlegmasia  Dolens. 
Symptomatology.-ln&^^nm^^i^on  of  the  veins  of  the  lower 
extiemities,  supposed  to  be  caused  by  the  pressure  of  the  child 
in  utero  upon  the  iliac  veins.      Generally  makes  its  appear- 
ance a  few  days  after  delivery.     The  patient  complains  of  pam 
in  the  inguinal  region,  extending  to  the  leg.     On  examination 
of  the  limb,  the  skin  will  be  found  tense,  shining,  and  paintul 
to  the  touch.      On  passing  the  hand  over  the  aff-ected  part, 
numerous  irregular  prominences  will  be  felt  underneath  the 
skin      The  pulse  is  quickened,  temperature  elevated,  and  the 
patient  complains  of  thirst.      The  bowels  are  generally  con- 
Btipated,  the  tongue  coated  with  a  white  fur,  which,  as  the 
disease  advances,  becomes  of  a  brownish  color,  and  the  teeth 
and  lips  covered  with  dark  sordes.     The  secretion  ot  milk  is 


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231 


bowels. 


rels,  with  a 

N.  P.,  lon4) 
back,  ten  to 
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bowek,  ten 
down  senea- 
bove  named 
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and  painful 
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ierneath  the 
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generally  interrupted.  Sometime?  the  disease  assumes  a 
periodic  character. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  N.  P., 
lonij  cord,  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P,  over  the  bowels  and  kidneys, 
ten  to  thirty  minutes.  Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  foot 
of  the  affected  limb,  N.  P.  over  the  limb  upwardly  and  over 
the  bowels  and  spine,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.  This  is  to  force 
the  blood  .ind  serum  from  the  limb,  and  to  cause  theui  to  pass 
through  theii*  natural  channels.  Treat  once  or  twice  a  day. 
If  the  bowels  are  constipated,  give  enemas  of  water,  soap- 
suds, etc.,  to  relieve  them,  or  epsom  salts  in  teaspooiiful  doses, 
every  four  hours.  If  there  is  fever,  give  aconite  or  gelsemini, 
etc.  The  limb  should  be  bandaged.  Perhaps  some  of  the 
dropsical  remedies  may  be  admissible.  [See  dropsy  for  the 
same  in  another  part  of  this  work.] 

Hoviceopathic  Treatment. — Pulsat.,  Silicea. 

Gastkodynia.     {Neiiralgia  of  the  Stomach.) 

Treat  as  for  dyspepsia. 

Symptomatology.- — A  neuralgic  affection  of  the  stomach 
and  closely  connected  with  dyspepsia,  appetite  is  generally  im- 
paired. There  is  a  peculiar  gnawing  pain  in  the  region  of  the 
stomach,  extending  to  the  back,  and  a  sense  of  constriction, 
somet'mes  there  is  vomiting;  the  bowels  are  generally  consti- 
pated and  there  is  headache.  If  constipated,  treat  as  for  con- 
stipation. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Valerianate  quinine grs  jv. 

Prussiate  ferri "  vjjj. 

Diupheretic  powder "  xjj. 

Fiat  pulvis  No.  8. 

Sig. — Take  one  powder  every  two  hoiars  until  relieved. 

Ho'mo&opathic  Treatment. — Arsen.,  Nux  vom. 


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ELKOTHICAf,    MKDICATION. 


MENiN(iiTt8.  {^Ivjlammatlon  <f  the  Meiithmnes  of  the  Brain.) 

Syiuptomatology. — HemliuOu',  dftective  Hj)j>t'tite,  coiiAtipHted 
bowels,  vertigo,  with  a  hard  houiuliiig  pulse,  the  e3eH  have  a 
wild  and  anxious  oxpreHsion,  ringing  in  the  ears,  which  in- 
creases as  the  disease  advances.  In  the  early  stages  of  the 
diseae*}  the  pu])il  of  the  eye  is  contrncttd,  hut  in  the  later 
stages  is  much  dilated,  and  light  hcconics  unhearuhle,  the  eye 
brows  are  corrugated  and  the  eyelids  close<l  to  shield  the  eyes 
from  the  light;  the  skin  is  hot  and  dry,  the  temperature  very 
much  elevated;  there  is  vomiting  and  perhajjs  convulsiiiut*; 
the  patient  grows  worse,  delirium  termituiting  in  subsultus 
picking  at  the  bed  clothes,  coma,  stertuous  respiration  and 
death.     Prognosis  are  very  unfavorable. 

Klectncal  Treatment. — Use  13  1)  current.  Attach  the  long 
cord  to  the  N.  P.,  place  the  same  between  the  feet,  apply  P. 
P.  to  tlie  spine,  sides  qf  the  neck,  between  the  clavicle  and 
sca])ula,  ten  to  twenty  minutes;  then  change  to  cords  of  equal 
length  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body 
generally,  five  to  ten  minutes;  change,  and  aj)ply  N.  P.  to  tlie 
feet,  moisten  the  hair  and  a])ply  P.  P.  over  the  head,  mild 
force,  three  to  fiftyen  minutes;  then  manipulate  over  the  eyes, 
back  of  the  neck,  eyes  and  ears,  as  directed  for  delirium,  etc., 
five  to  fifteen  minutes.  Treat  one  to  three  times  a  day.  Aco- 
nite, gelseminum  and  belladona  are  admissible.  When  tonics 
are  indicated  give  general  tonic  treatment. 

Homoeopathic  Treatment. — Aconite,  Arnica,  Bell.,  Bry. 

ToNsiLiTis  OR  Quinsy.     {Inflammation  of  the  Tonsils.) 

Symptomatology. — Inflammation  of  the  tonsils  is  generally 
preceded  by  rigors  or  chills.  The  bowels  are  constipated,  the 
tongue  covered  by  a  light  coating.  The  patient  ex])ectorate8  a 
viscid  mucus,  and  comiilains  of  sore  throat.  The  breathing 
and  deglutition  becomes  ditficult,  and  articulation  very  painful 
or  altogether  impossible. 


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338 


fthe  Brain.) 

|confltipHted 

'yi'rt  have  a 

|,  wliicii  iii- 

llf^OH  of   tllO 

in  tlic  latfi' 
l)le,  the  fve 
'hi  the  eyes 
•rat  u  re  very 
'onvulsiont*; 
n  subBiiltiis 
)i ration  and 

ach  the  long 
?et,  apply  P. 
clavicle  and 
>rdH  of  equal 
er  the  body 
N.  r.  to  the 
s  head,  mild 
ver  the  eyes, 
eliriuni,  etc., 
I  day,  Aco- 
Wheu  tonics 

lell.,  Bry. 

Tonsils.) 

is  generally 
stipated,  the 
q)ectorate6  a 
le  breathing 
very  painful 


£lectri(;al  Treatiufid. — Use  A  D  or  V>  D  current.  Apply 
P.  P.,  tongue  instrument,  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.,  lotnj  cor<1,  over 
thu  tonsils,  ten  minutes  each.  Change.  Use  cords  of  equal 
length,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  neck,  back, 
chest  and  bowels,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to 
the  feet,  P.  P.  over  the  spine  and  kidneys  live  to  ten  mintes. 
Treat  two  or  three  times  a  day. 

Medical  Treatment. — Use  remedies  i)rescribed  for  diphthe- 
ria.    See  Diphtheria. 

JTomoiopathio  Treatment. — Hepar  sul.,  Bell.,  Merc,  iod.^ 
Lachesis. 


Small  and  Powerful  Galvano  Caustic  Battery.    Patented,  1876. 

Dr.  Kidder's  GalvanoCaustic  Batteries  are  unequalled  as  to  their  efficiency 
«nd  convenience  of  operation.  The  elements  are  made  movable  horizontally  in 
their  relation  to  the  fluid  of  the  cells,  so  as  to  substitute  continuously  battery 
fluid  which  has  recovered  its  allotropic  power  from  having  been  released  from 
action.  One  of  these  forms,  consisting  only  of  two  cells,  each  3^  inches  long, 
3^i  wide  and  4|i  deep,  will  retain  a  platinum  wire  No.  19  at  a  white  heat  con- 
stantly for  more  than  a  quarter  of  an'hour. 

Hystkeia. 

Symptomatology. — The  attack  is  sudden  and  irregular; 
almost  wholly  confined  to  females  and  to  those  of  the  nervous 
type.  There  is  a  sense  of  suffocation,  the  patient  cries  and 
laughs  alternately.  A  ball  (Glol>us  Hystericus)  appears  to  rise 
in  the  throat  and  choke  her.  There  is  clonic  sjjasms  of  the 
muscles.  The  urine  is  pale  and  limpid  and  secreted  in  large 
•quantities.  The  only  disease  likely  to  be  confounded  with 
hysteria  is  epilepsy,  from  which  it  may  be  distinguished  by  the 
absence  of  the  frothing  at  the  ntouth  and  the  biting  of  the 
tongue,  signs  never  seen  in  hysteria,  and  only  seen  in  epilepsy. 


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234  EI-KriHICAr.    MIMfCATION. 

An  attack  of  liyxterui  may  Imj  teriuiimted  in  its  incipicncy  by 
dashing  cold  water  on  the  face  and  exposed  thorax,  a  ])rocecl- 
ing  tliat  is  of  no  avail  whatever  in  epilepsy.  The  dibeaso  is 
seldein  met  with  before  puberty,  and  in  many  cases  has  it» 
origin  in  deranged  uterine  action. 

JEledrical  Treatment.— Um  B  D  current.     Apply  N.  P. 
long  cord  to  the  feet,  P.  P.  over  the  kidneys,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes.     Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  Imck  of  the  neck  and  be- 
tween the  shoulders  five  to  ten  minutes,     ^foisten  the  l\air 
and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  head  two  or  three  minutes,  mild  force. 
Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  coccyx,  P.  P.  over  the  uterus, 
ovaries,  etc.,  ten  to  twenty  minutes.     Change  and  apply  P.  P. 
to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  thorax,  chest,  spleen, 
stomach,  liver  and  bowels,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes.     N.  P.  may 
be  applied  between  the  thighs,  P.  P.  over  the  lumbar  region, 
fiv^  to  ten  minutes.     If  there  is  considerable  irritation  of  the 
organs  of  generation,  N.  P.  may  be  attached  to  the  vaginal 
electrode  and  introduced  per  vagina  until  it  meets  with  re- 
sistance from  the  os  uteri,  and  P.  P.  applied  over  the  kidneys 
five  to  ten  minutes,  also  over  the  ovaries  five  to  ten  minutes. 
If  at  any  time  the  parts  become  weakene;^  under  the  treat- 
ment, reverse  the  currents  and  treat  about  me  same  length  of 
time.     Conditions  may  indicate  tonic  treatments  and  tonics, 
if  so,  they  should  be  given  also,  as  required.     Treat  once  or 
twice  a  day  until  relieved,  afterward  three  to  six  times  a  week 
until  cu^-ed,  omitting  portions  of  the  treatment  from  time  to 
time  as  indicated.  " 

Medical  Treatment: — 

R. — Tinct.  assafoetida )  ..  _. 

>  aa  r). 
Sulphuric  ether ) 

Whisky !jj-  m- 

gig. — One  teaspoonful  every  half  hour,  hour  or  two. 


•i|)i(j/icy  by 
II  ])r(»oec  J- 
dispiise  is 
[»e»  }uiB  its 

ply  N.  P. 

I  to  fiftoen 
k  and  bc- 

II  tbe  luiir 
mild  force, 
tlie  uterus, 
q>I)ly  P.  P. 
est,  spleen, 
j^.  P.  may 

I  bar  region, 
ition  of  the 
tlie  vaginal 
ts  with  re- 
the  kidney* 
m  minutes. 
r  the  treat- 
le  length  of 
and  tonics, 
3at  once  or 
mes  a  week 
3m  time  to 


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KtECTRIPAr,    MKIUCATIOIf.  285 

B- — Bromidia  in  toaHpooiiful  doses  may  be  given  every 
hour  or  two  until  sleep  is  induced,  or 

ft. — Hyoscyamies grs.  x. 

Nitrous  8Bther rjgg. 

Alcohol 3jv. 

Aqua  fontana |x.  m. 

Big. — One  tablespoonful  three  or  four  times  a  day. 

•    RomcMjpathio  Treatmmt. — Aconite,  Ignatia,  HyoB. 

Susi'KNDKD  Ri-ai'iRATioN  Wiiii.E  IN  Slkkp.     (C'aiute  aiul  treat- 
ment.) 

Symptomatology. — The  cause  of  suspension,  in  my  opinion, 
is  a  suspension  of  nerve  force.  May  be  produced  from  various 
causes,  princij)ally  from  defective  lungs.  Henco  tbe  failure  to 
take  a  sufficient  quantity  of  oxygen  or  electricity  into  the 
lungs  to  keep  the  circulatory  forces  in  motion,  especially  tlie 
blood,  twenty-five  pounds,  more  or  lesfi  of  which  muht  make 
its  revolution  through  the  system  in  from  three  and  a  half  to 
four  minutes.  I  believe  tliat  electricity  positive  and  najntive, 
on  the  principle  of  attraction  and  repulsion,  circulates  the 
blood  and  is  the  physical  life  of  man,  or  motive  power  of  the 
bod).  (Why I  power  gone,  no  respiration,  no  life.)  Treat  as 
follows: 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to 
the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  thorax,  bronchia,  lungs. 
stomach,  liver,  spleen,  and  bowels,  ten  to  twenty  tniuutes. 
Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet,  N.  P.  over  the  body  and 
extremities  generally,  fifteen  to  thirty  minutes,  mild  force. 
Treat  daily  or  every  other  day,  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. — Tinct.  nux  vomica. 388. 

«-      Peruvian  bark ^j^-  ™' 

8ig. — One  teaspoonful  in  water  after  each  meal. 


JJ^' 


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236 


KI.KOTRirAI,    MKDICATtON. 


LoouMoToK  Ataxia. 

Symptomatology. — Lobs  of  tlie  coordiimtin^  |  (iwer  of  the 
muHclt'p  of  the  lower  or  upper  fxtrt'initutc.  depemJcnt  on  Btruc- 
tiiral    IcHioiis  of   the  posU^rior  eolumiiH  of   the  Bpiiial    conl. 
The  enrlicHt  syiiiptoniH    are    cutaneous    hyiM>rawtheHia,   with 
Hhooting  pains  in  the  liinlm,  deep  seated  pains  in  the  trunk, 
the  spinous  and  transvorKO  i)rocesse«  of  the  spinal  column,  and 
the  muscles  are  tender  to  the  touch ;  the  motor  no'ves  of  the 
eyes  are  in  some  cases,  particularly  when   the  disease  attacks 
the  upper  extremities,  affected,  producing  straltismus  and  dis- 
turbance of  vision.     Those  symptoms  are  soon  folhtwiid  by  loss 
of  the  coordinating  power  of  the  muscles,  the  patient,  on  at- 
tempting to  walk,  cannot  place  his  feet  as  he  intended;  he  has 
a  sprawling  gait,  the  knees  bend  under  him,  and  he  complains 
of  fatigue;  on  exertion  the  muscles  are  spasmodically  con- 
tracted, the  want  of  harmon;-  in  the  muscular  moveujents  in- 
crease, and  the  patient,  if  standing,  on  closing  his  eyes  can- 
not maintain  an  erect  position,  but  falls  to  the  ground;  as  tlie 
disease  advances  the  muscles  of  the  upper  extremities  become 
affected,  and  the  patient  can  only  grasp  objects  with  difficulty. 
The  causes  of  the  structural   lesions  of  the  cord,  producing 
ataxia,  are  exjiosure  to  cold,  severe  excesses,  masttirbation, 
syphilis,  typhoid  fever  in  a  severe  form,  exhausting  hemor- 
rhages, prolonged  lactation  and  a  liereditary  tendency. 

Electrical  Ireatmeni. — Use  A  D  current.  Apply  P.  P., 
tongue  instrument,  to  the  tongue,  far  back,  moderate  pressure, 
N.  P.  over  the  cerebellum,  very  mild  force,  perceptible  only  to 
the  patient,  one  minute;  then  apply  N.  P.,  commencing  at  the 
base  of  the  cerebellum  downwardly  orer  the  spine  and  limbs, 
five  to  ten  minutes;  then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  arms,  each  three 
to  five  minutes;  then  apply  N.  P.  over  the  front  part  of  the 
body  three  to  five  ir-inutes;  change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the 
feet,  P.  P.  over  the  cerelellum,  one  to  two  minutes,  mild  force; 


)wer  of  the 
it  on  8truc- 
)inal    cord, 
it'siii,   with 
tlio  trunk, 
column,  and 
f»rvt»8  of  the 
nise  nttackri 
Ills  mid  (i'lti- 
iwtfd  by  I088 
ticnt,  on  at- 
dod ;  lie  hiw 
e  uornplaina 
idically  con- 
)venient«  in- 
ifl  eyes  can- 
Mind;  as  the 
ities  become 
th  difficulty, 
i,  producing 
msturbation, 
ting  hemor- 
ncy. 

^pply  P.  P., 
ttte  pressure, 
tihle  only  to 
iicing  at  the 
3  and  limbs, 
!,  each  three 
part  of  the 
L  P.  to  the 
, mild  force; 


ELKCTKIOAL    MEDICATION.  287 

then  manipulate,  holding  P.  P.  in  the  right  hand,  with  tlio  in- 
dex fingers  of  each  over  the  eyes  and  bark  of  the  neck,  eyei 
and  earn,  as  directed  in  otlier  j)artH  of  this  work,  five  to  ten 
minutes,  niil<l  foree.  Treat  two  or  three  times  a  wwjk.  A 
tonic  treatment  may  be  given  altenuitely  with  tlie  above  two 
or  three  times  a  week,  of  ten  to  fifteen  minutes  each  time. 
The  treatments  are  to  equalize  and  harmonize  the  circulatory 
forces  of  the  sy&tem.  Faugeor's  compound  iodinized  cod  liver 
oil  may  be  given  in  small  doses  three  times  a  day. 

Facial  Paka lysis. 

Jilecirtcal  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  in 
front  of  the  ear,  N.  P.  over  the  parts  affected.  Commence 
witli  mild  force,  increase  until  contractions  or  an  effect  is  pro- 
duced on  tlie  paralyzed  muscles.  Treat  five  to  ten  minutes. 
(Change,  apply  P.  P.  to  the  cerebellum,  N.  P.  to  the  parts  af- 
fected, three  to  five  minutes,  mild  force.  Cliange  and  apply 
P.  P.  to  tlie  opposite  em-  from  the  paralyzed  muscles,  N.  P. 
over  the  parts  affected  ihree  to  five  minutes.  Treat  onca  a 
day  or  every  other  day,  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

3. — Tinct.  nux.  vomica 38S. 

"      cinchona  co |jj. 

Wliisky Hi-  ra. 

Sig. — One  teaspoonful  after  each  meal. 

Intusscsceptio,  ob  Invagination  of  the  Bowels. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  A  D  current.  Apply  "P.  P. 
sponge-roll  to  the  fundament,  N.  P.  over  the  bowels  generally, 
over  the  region  of  the  invagination  especially,  ten  to  fifteen 
minutes.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.,  long  cord,  of  the  B  D 
current  on  the  back  opposite  the  invagination,  P,  P.  to  the 
bowels  over  the  region  of  the  invagination,  ten  to  twenty  min- 


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HMMMpI 


238 


ELECTUICAL    MEDICATION. 


utes.     This  is  to  prevent  inflanimation,  thereby  preventing 
adhesions.     Treat  every  two  or  throe  hours  if  indicated.     A 
general  tonic  treatment  may  be  given  once  a  day.  If  the  invag- 
ination is  upward,  the  inward  and  outward  treatment  may  be 
given  once  a  day.     Use  A  D  current,  cords  of  equal  length, 
apply  P.  P.  to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  generally,  ten 
to  fifteen  minutes,  or  apply  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N. 
P.  over   the  bowels   ten   to  fifteen   minutes.     (Use   medium 
force).     Treat  once  or  twice  a  day.     The  following  remedies 
may  also  be  tried:     Inject  one  to  two  pints  of  tepid  water 
per  rectum,  to  displace  the  air  in  the  bowels,  then  inject  about 
one-half  of  a  sedlitz  powder,  acid  (dissolved  in  water),  in  a  few 
moments  the  opposite  half  of  a  sedlitz  powder,  alkali.     Imme 
(liatcly  after  im'ecting  press  a  cotton  roll  to  the  fundament  for 
a  moment  or  two,  when  the  enemas  may  be  allowed  to  pass  oif. 
Or  use  a  force  pump,  and  forco  air  into  the  bowels  per  ani.  Or 
let  two  strong  men  or  women,  as  the  case  may  be,  take  the 
patient  by  the  limbs,  raise  them  per^.endicular]y  and  give  the 
patient  a  good  shaking  down    towards   the   head,  the   head 
being  where  the  feet  are  usually  found.     The  patient  may  be 
kept  in  this  position  one  to  three  minutes  at  a  ame.     Whilst 
in  this  attitude  the  third  person  should  knead  tl  e  bowels  thor- 
oughly with  hie  hands.   This  procedure  may  be  repeated  every 
hour.    I  have  no  faith  in  cathartics,  believiiig  them  to  do  more 
harm  than  good.     It  may  be  necessary  to  give  opiates  or  ano- 
dynes to  relieve  pain,  the  less  the  better. 

Beain.     {Morbid  condition  of.     How  treated.) 

Electrical  Treatmsnt.—JJse  A  D  current,  apjjly  N.  P.  to 
the  tongue,  P.  P.  over  the  head  generally,  cerebellum  espe- 
cially, one  to  three  minutes,  mild  force.  Change,  apply  P.  P. 
to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  to  the  ears,  Eides  of  the  head,  one  to 
three  minutes  each.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  base  of  the 
brain,  downwardly  over  the  spine,   three   to  iivc  minutes. 


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f  tlie  invaff- 
ent  may  be 
11  al  length, 
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ELECTKICAL    MEDICATION.  239 

Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  the  nasal  apertures,  each  one 
minute,  P.  P.  over  the  head,  cerebellum  especially,  two  min- 
utes, mild  force.  Change  and  apply  N.  P.  to  tlie  coccyx,  P. 
P.  over  the  eyes  and  back  of  the  neck,  eyes  a.'d  ears,  as  di- 
rected in  other  parts  of  this  work,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Con- 
clude by  giving  a  general  tonic  treatment.  Treat  three  times 
a  week.  In  addition  to  the  above  treatments,  P.  P.  may  be 
applied  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  N.  P.  over  the  thorax,  chest, 
stomach,  liver,  spleen  and  bowels,  five  to  ten  minutes. 

Medi/ial  Treatment: — 

ft, — Iodide  potassa 3j. 

Aqua  pura ?jj. 

Whisky i\]. 

Oooip.  syrup  stillingia ^'j.  m. 

Sig. — One  tea  to  dessertspoonful  three  to  six  times  a  day. 
Chorea.     {St.  Vittis  Dance.) 

Symptomatology. — Marked  by  almost  constant  involuntary 
movements  of  the  muscles  of  one  side  of  the  face.  The  arms 
are  thrown  into  various  contortions.  There  may  be  lameness 
of  one  leg,  which  partly  deprives  it  of  its  natural  motion. 
The  appetite  is  lost,  and  the  bowels  are  generally  irregular. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Use  B  D  current,  apply  P.  P.  to  the 
tongue,  N.  P.  to  the  back,  chest  and  arms  or  hands,  five  to  ten 
minutes,  mild  force.  Then  apply  N.  P.  to  the  feet,  P.  P. 
over  the  spine  and  lumbar  region,  five  to  ten  minutes.  Then 
apply  P.  P.  to  the  head,  mild  force,  three  to  five  minutes. 
Then  apply  P.  P.  to  the  eyes^  back  of  the  neck,  eyes  and  ears, 
five  to  ten  minutes.  Change  and  apply  P.  P.  to  the  feet;  let 
the  patient  hold  N.  P.  in  the  hands  five  to  ten  minutes.  Treat 
once  a  day,  every  other  day,  to  three  or  four  days,  as  indicated. 

Medical  Treatment. — An  infusion  of  wintergreen  leaves 
may  be  taken  in  tablespoonful  doses  three  or  four  times  a  day, 


i#sii»tejiwyAi'i;iri»«te;iiii 


2^  ELECTRICAL    MEDICVflON. 

with  tonics,  anti-spasraodice,  egg-nog.  nourishing  food,  and 
moderate  outdoor  exercise. 

To  Destkoy  the  Foul  Opor  fF  the  Breath,  Foul  Odor  of 
THE  Axilla,  and  the  Foul  Odor  of  the  Feet. 

mectrical  Treatment. -"^k  A  D  current,  apply  P-  ?•  to 
the  tongue,  N,  P.  over  the  stomach,  five  minutes  Then  ap- 
ply N  P  over  the  axilla,  each  live  minutes.  Then  apply  ^. 
P  oveV  each  foot  five  minutes.  If  the  person  cannot  bear  the 
tongue  instrument,  P.  P.  may  be  applied  to  the  back  of  the 
neck,  or  on  the  spine,  between  the  shoulders.  Treat  three  to 
six  times  a  week. 

Medical  Treatment: — 

^. Permanganate  potassa gp-  ^'''* 

Aqua  pura 3]^*  ™' 

gig._One  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day. 
For  the  axilla  and  feet: 

R Permanganate  potassa 3j. 

,.                                                   ...  ?viii.  m. 
Aqua  pura 3VJJ 

Apply  a  small  quantity  to  the  axilla  and  feet  two  or  three 

times  a  day.    This  will  destroy  the  odor. 


A  FEW  OF  the  Many  almost  Mibaotjlous  Ottres  Performed 
BY  Electricity,  with  Mediou-es  as  Auxiliaries,  within 
THE  PAST  Fifteen  Years,  to  October,  31, 1881. 
ApHoiaA,  OB  Loss  of  Voice. 
A  case  of  three  months  standing,  where  the  patient  could 
not  speak  above  a  whisper,  the  voice  --as  restored  in  three 
weeks.     The  wife  of  R«v.  S.  G.  Hair,  cured  in  1868. 


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241 


food,  and 


Odor 

OF 

ET. 

^  P.P. 

to 

Then 

ap- 

I  apply 

N. 

ot  bear  the 

ack  of  the 

at  three 

to 

8.  XV. 

V.  m. 


I- 

wo  or  three 


Pekformed 
rie8,  within 
81. 


fttient  could 
*ed  in  three 

68. 


H.  0.  Edwards,  merchant,  had  flrx  for  three  weeks,  at  the  ex- 
piration of  that  time  had  seventeen  passages  of  blood  a  day. 
The  day  I  took  the  case  I  gave  him  one  treatment  daily,  and 
three  doses  of  flnx  or  diarrhoea  comp.  Cured  him  in  three 
days,  in  the  year  1868. 

D.  J.  Noble — Lumbago  of  thirty  years  standing,  cured  in  a 
■few  days;  1869. 

Christian  Ilader  was  kicked  by  a  horse  on  the  side  of  his 
head;  sufl'ered  daily  for  three  years;  was  cured  by  one  appli- 
cation of  electricity,  about  the  middle  of  July,  1870. 

Granville  Gibson  was  attacked  with  acute  sore  eyes  August 
22,  1867;  three  days  afterward  destruction  of  the  under  part 
of  the  lids  commenced;  by  the  fifth  day  sloughed  olf.  The 
destruction  of  the  cornea  commenced  with  increased  pain  and 
inflammation  day  and  night,  so  that  he  could  not  rest  a  mo- 
ment. He  stated  that  he  could  only  compare  the  corrosiveness 
of  the  disease  to  a  consuming  fire.  On  the  afternoon  of  the 
eighth  day  of  attack  he  was  conducted  into  my  ofiice,  blind  and 
distracted  with  pain.  Within  one  hour  from  the  time  I  com- 
menced treating  him  with  electricity  he  went  from  my  office 
seeing,  and  was  free  from  pain.  I  tre-ited  him  daily,  used  no 
medicines,  for  ten  days,  afterwards  every  two  or  three  days  fur 
two  or  three  weeks,  when  his  eyes  were  restored  to  their  nor- 
mal condition  so  that  he  could,  with  his  rifle,  shoot  a  squirrel 
oflf  the  top  of  the  tallest  tree  in  the  forest,  which  he  did  within 
thirty  days  from  the  time  of  taking  the  fir^t  treatment.  Phy- 
sicians who  saw  the  case,  said  it  was  the  worst  case  of  acute 
sore  eyes  that  they  had  ever  seen  in  a  practice  of  thirty  years; 
and  that  was  not  all,  they  also  said  all  the  batteries  in  the  uni- 
verse would  not  save  his  eyes. 

Wm.  "Welch  was  attacked  with  ague  in  the  fall  of  1867, 
which  continued  for  eleven  months  under  the  use  of  the  usual 
remedies  and  patent  medicines.     I  took  the  case,  broke  up  the 


,  .*';wr;„..; 


ttjtetiiMWW 


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nXO  ELECTRICAL   MEDICATION. 

agv.e  in  three  .lays,  and  cured  liim  in  six  weeks  without  the 

use  of  medicines. 

Elisha  Miles  was  journeying  on  horseback  in  September, 
1809,  his  horse  stumbled,  fell  to  the  ground  and  fell  upon  one 
of  his  feet,  which  bruised  and  sprained  it  so  severely  that 
twentv-four  hours  afterward  he  was  obliged  to  walk  on  crutches, 
as  he  could  not  bear  his  weight  upon  his  foot.  He  entered  my 
office  in  that  condition.  Within  thirty  minutes  from  the  time  ^ 
I  commence.1  treating  him,  he  went  from  the  office  free  troai 
pain  and  without  crutches,  and  continued  to  do  so.  I  applied 
electricity  as  for  inflammation  of  the  feet.     Used  B  D  current, 

long  cord. 

Acute  and  Chronic  Diseases. 

Typhoid  fever,  spinal  meningitis,  diphtheria,  scarlet-fever, 
.neasles,  pneumonia,  etc.,  yield  alike  to  the  treatment;  for  in- 
stance-  A  child  of  Mr.  Bowers,  aged  seven  years,  took  typhoid 
fever  grew  worse  under  the  treatment  of  three  physiciaiis  tor 
twentv-eight  days.     The  twenty-eighth  day  of  attack  his  tem- 
perature was  one  hundred  and  five  degrees,  had  involuntary 
discharges  from  the  bowels  every  twenty  minutes.     When  he 
drank  water  it  passed  through  him  onto  the  bed;  had  also 
Sulsidtus  temlinum.    I  took  the  case  under  the  above  circum- 
stances.    The  evening  of  the  twenty-eighth  day  arrested  the 
discharges  and  reduced  the  fever  and  temperature  to  a    normal- 
condition  within  forty-eight  hours;  continued  treatment  about 
fifteen  days.     He  made  a  good  recovery  within  a  reasonable 

time. 

A  Remarkable  Case. 

Liter,  III,  March  4, 1878. 

Editor  Courier:     As  a  plain  farmer,  when  there  is  so  much 

being  said  in  the  papers  about  the  wonderful  cures  effected  by 

different  doctors,  I  wish  to  give  you  the  simple  facts  of  a  re- 

.narkable  case  in  our  neighborhood,  and  hope  you  will  publish 

x6 


.,H^V<M^#M»'!S*^S^'««*»t***»?''*S*'''* 


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243 


itliDut  the 

jeptember, 

upon  one 

i^erely  that 

n  crutches, 

n  tared  my 

111  the  time 

e  tree  from 

I  applied 

D  current, 


;arlet-fever, 
ent;  for  in- 
)ok  typhoid 
vsiciaas  for 

I* 

ick  his  tem- 
invohiiitury 
Wlien  lie 
sd;  had  also 
lOve  oircuin- 
irrested  the 
,0  a  normal' 
.tuieiit  about 
i  reasonable 


ti  4, 1878. 
e  is  so  much 
3  effected  by 
.cts  of  a  re- 
will  publish 


it  in  the  Courier.  On  the  9th  of  last  month  one  of  my  neigh- 
bors, Mrs.  J.  M.  Wilson,  had  fourteen  spasms;  her  right  arm 
was  totally  paralyzed,  and  her  right  leg  partially  so,  and  she 
was  speechless  and  blind.  She  had  two  doctors  attending  her, 
but  she  remained  in  that  condition  for  six  days,  when  the 
doctors  gave  her  up  to  die,  and  friends  supposed,  of  course, 
she  would  die.  Some  one,  however,  suggested,  as  a  last  hope, 
that  Dr.  Tipton,  of  Jacksonville,  be  sent  for  to  try  electricity 
on  her.  He  came  out  here  on  the  afternoon  of  the  15th,  and 
gave  her  a  dose  of  lightning  from  his  little  box.  In  twelve 
hours  after  he  did  so,  her  speech,  consciousness  and  sight  re- 
turned. The  next  day  he  came  back  again,  and  each  day  for 
four  days,  when  she  had  so  far  recovered  as  to  have  full  use  of 
her  right  leg  and  pretty  good  iise  of  her  right  arm  and  three 
lingers.  Dr.  Tipton  thought  his  further  attention  unnecessary, 
and  the  case  was  again  turned  over  to  Dr.  Rickey,  and  she  has 
since  been  rapidly  getting  better,  as  jjiedicted  by  Dr.  T. 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  I  think  this  case  so  remarkable  that  it  is 
certainly  worthy  of  being  published,  and  I  hope  you  will  do 
so.  All  the  neighbors  around  here  know  about  the  case,  and 
I  think  Dr.  Tipton  and  his  little  lightning  box  a  wonderful 
pair.  B. 

Mrs.  Wilson  made  a  rapid  recovery,  and  has  attended  to  her 
household  duties  ever  since. 

Electrical  Treatment. — Used  A  D  current,  applied  P.  P. 
to  the  tongue,  N.  P.  over  the  body  and  extremities  generally, 
twenty  to  thirty  minutes.  Changed  and  applied  N.  P.  to  the 
feet,  P.  P.  over  the  spine  generally,  lumbar  region  especially, 
"ten  to  fifteen  minutes.  I  then  took  P.  P.  in  the  right  hand, 
and  with  the  index  fingers  of  each  hand,  manipulated  over  the 
eyes,  back  of  the  neck,  eyes  and  ears,  ten  to  fifteen  minutes. 
I  then  applied  P.  P.  of  the  B  D  current  to  the  cerebellum, 
mild  force,  five  minutes.    Changed  and  applied  N.  P.  to  the 


244 


ELKCTUIOAL   MEniCATION. 


patients  hands,  P.  P.  to  the  back  of  the  neck,  five  to  ten 
minutes.  The  above  treatment,  with  slight  variations,  were 
continued  to  the  close.  Find  treatment  for  the  other  cases  in 
this  work  under  their  appropriate  headings. 

A  Cakd. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Journal:  Being  a  skeptic  regarding 
the  working  of  electricity  in  cases  of  this  kind,  I  consented,  on 
Saturday,  to  allow  Dr.  A.  W.  Tipton  to  apply  his  battery  to  a  . 
large  and  painful  carbuncle  on  my  neck;  and,  for  the  beneht 
of  those  who  may  become  afflicted  in  a  like  manner,  I  would 
say  that  I  received  immediate  relief,  and  am  getting  well  of 
an  affliction  which  another  physician  told  me  "would  have  to 
take  its  course,  and  run  ten  days."         H.  C.  Sinolaib, 

Ashland,  111. 

The  foregoing  cases  are  given  only  to  show  what  can  be 
done  with  that  wonderful,  unseen,  all-powerfnl  agent,  electri- 
city the  motive  power  of  the  universe,  the  life  principle  of 
every  thing  animate  and  inanimate.  Physical  life  ot  man 
and  beast. 

Extract  from  the  M\j  Jacksonville  Journal^  December  17, 

1S77: 

"WoBTHT  OF  Note. 

« We  are  always  glad  to  speak  a  good  word  for  worthy  en- 
terprises, such,  especially,  as  tend  to  benefit  or  enlighten  man- 
kind, and  contribute  to  the  interests  of  our  city  and  commu- 
nity.' That  the  oje  we  now  speak  of  is  of  that  class,  no  one 
conversant  with  the  facts  can  for  a  moment  doubt.  Therefore, 
we  take  pleasure  in  referring  to  Dr.  A.  W.  Tipton's  Electric 
Institute  as  one  of  the. established  and  successful  institutions 
of  Jack8<mville.  A  few  years  since,  the  Doctor  oj^ned  up  his 
establishment  in  this  city,  and  with  energy  and  perseverance 
has,  since  that  time,  manfully  and  successfully  battled  against 


^^'^th' 


^ifefes^ 


wm' 


ELEOTBICAL    MKDICATION. 


245 


le  to  ten 

I»n8,  were 
cases  in 


[•egarding 
lented,  on 
ttery  to  a 
16  benefit 
,  I  would 
g  well  of 
i  have  to 

[R, 

>nd,  111. 

I  at  can  be 
it,  electri- 
•inciple  of 
fe  of  man 


lember  17, 


vorthy  en- 
fa  ten  man- 
d  comniu- 
LSS,  no  one 
Therefore, 
's  Electric 
istitutioiis 
tied  up  his 
rseverance 
ed  against 


the  stubborn  superstitions  of  those  uneducated  in  his  system 
of  practice,  and  the  many  other  barriers  that  usually  attend 
the  introduction  of  new  theories,  until  he  has  gained  for  him- 
self an  enviable  reputation  as  a  physician,  and  a  permanent 
and  profitable  business  in  our  community. 

'« During  the  past  year  he  has  substantiated  his  theory  most 
effectually  by  treating  and  curing  numerous  acute  diseases 
throughout  the  city  and  county,  such  as  diphtheria,  pneumo- 
nia, fever,  etc.  In  fact,  several  cases  of  that  dreaded  and  al- 
most universally  fatal  disease,  diphtheria,  have  come  to  our 
knowledge  of  late,  that  had  been  pronounced  incurable  by 
other  physicians,  when  Dr.  Tipton  applied  his  electricity,  and 
speedily  cured  them.  The  fact  that  the  Doctor  has  lost  but 
one  case  in  eight  years,  in  acute  diseases  of  any  kind  is,  in  our 
mind,  the  strongest  evidence  of  the  value  and  eflUciency  of  his 
system  of  practice." 

We  would  also  refer  yoa  to  the  same  journal,  September  14> 
1874,  June  9,  1875,  April  16,  1878. 

Extract  from  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  and  English 
Training  School  Quarterly  Report,  1881: 

"  We  would  call  attention  to  the  announcement  in  another 
column,  01  Dr.  Tipton's  forfch-coming  medical  work.  If  the 
Doctor's  success  as  an  author  is  to  be  measured  by  his  success 
as  a  practitioner,  we  have  no  doubt  his  work  will  be  a  great 
triuiTiph.  The  Doctor  has  now  been  practicing  in  thie  city  for 
over  ten  years  and  has,  by  electricity  as  a  chief  curative  agent, 
performed  almost  miraculous  cures  in  acute  as  well  as  chronic 
diseases." 


•MM 


^^^ 


n»f 


246 


QUALITIES  OF   ELKOTRICITT. 


TO  DIFFERENT    PnYSIOLOGICAL 


SUMMARY    AS 

QUALITIES  OF   ELECTRICITY. 


BT   DR.    JEROME    KIDDER. 

Currents  of  diflferent  qualities  have  not  only  different 
cliaracters  of  sensation,  and  different  effects  on  muscular  irri- 
tability, as  recognized  by  nil  who  hr.ve  v;arefnlly  scrutinized  in 
regard  to  theee  vaiied  electrical  phenomei.H.  but  also  onb 
Qa\i  'T'  even  when  so  weak  in  i*owi-R  as  not  to  produce  any 
j)ain,  out  rather  a  pleasant  sensation,  will  sho'v  flashes  of 
light  when  properly  applied,  as  with  large  sin-face  of  wet 
sponge  over  the  closed  eye. 

Secondary  currents  produce  light  to  the  eye,  that  is,  they 
exercise  the  function  c'"  the  optic  nerve  without  producing 
pain,  only  whon  the  tension  of  the  current  is  increased  to  a 
certain  degree  in  ratio  with  the  diminished  quantity.  This 
effect  is  shown  best  by  using  the  negative  sponge  ai,  the  eye, 
anu  having  not  very  slow,  but  moderately  slow  interruptions 
by  the  vibrating  armature,  as  produced  by  Dr.  Kidder's  ap- 
paratus, yet  the  proper  quality  as  regards  tension  or  pitch  is 
requisite. 

Another  quality  of  current,  even  when  the  current  is 
made  strong  enough  to  produce  pain,  will  show  no  light  to 
the  eye — will  not  prercise  the  vital  function  of  the  optic  nerve. 

The  preceding  facts  show  conclusively  that  electricity  can 
be  varied  in  quality  so  as  to  produce  different  effects  on  dif- 
ferent vital  functions. 

It  must  not  seem  siranoe  to  lind  electricity  produced  in 
many  different  qualitieti  to  have  varied  effects.  There  am  in- 
deed, other  facts  recogni/ied  as  true,  K.vd  which  !nigbt  ;,jera 
stranger  still — for  ii  ii  well  known  to  all  chemists  that  the 
sam*?  proportion  and  kind  of   atoms    may  fo?"m   substaacos 


I 


''^^^^^^^i^S****^^*^^ 


BjjJIjBMlJIL 


'JMLlSffii^' 


'TWfWJiTf  ^T?-- 


QUALITIES    OF    KLK   TBICITY. 


247 


fGICAL 


different 
ular  irri- 
inized  in 

also    ONE 

luce  any 
ashes  of 
e  of  wet 

I  is,  they 
roduGing 
ised  to  a 
ty.  This 
the  eye, 
irruptions 
dder's  ap- 
•  pitch  is 

nirrent  is 
I  light  to 
)tic  nerve, 
ricity  can 
ts  on  dif- 

:)duced  in 
re  anv  in- 
igbt  ;,jem 
that  the 
lubstaiiccs 


80  dift'ereiit  in  tlieir  nature  as  to  be  recognized  as  entirely  dif- 
ferent substances.  For  example,  spirits  of  turpentine  and  oil 
of  bergamot  are  ic.jntical  in  composition,  being  composed  of 
ten  atoms  carbon,  and  eight  of  hydrogen,  and  the  difference 
is  recognized  as  merely  that  of  the  allotropio  conditions  and 
arrangement  of  the  atoms.  Also,  light  Is  recognized  as  the 
effect  of  vibrations  or  wave  motions  in  the  e^her,  which  is 
everywhere;  and  the  different  colors  result  from  fhe  different 
length  of  these  waves.  (8ee  Prof.  Druper's  Chemistry  and 
otlier  scientific  text-books.)  And  yet,  even  the  difference  in 
the  character  of  the  vibrations  or  wave  lengths  of  the  ether 
gives  a  difference  iw  their  chemical  effects;  for,  indeed,  it  is 
known  to  be  chiefly  the  yellow  ray  which  causes  the  absorp- 
tion of  tlie  carbon  from  the  caH)onic  acid  gas  in  the  atmos- 
phere into  the  solid  form  of  a  tree,  by  the  influence  of  the 
sunlight  falling  upon  its  leaves.  And  it  is  the  indigo  ray 
which  is  chiefly  concerned  in  causing  hydrogen  and  chlorine 
to  unite  by  passing  light  through  a  glass  vessel  containing  a 
mixture  of  the  two  gases. 

Also,  sound  results  from  vibrations  in  the  atmosphere  or 
other  media.  Yet  sounds  may  have  differences  in  pitch,  and 
also  differences  in  qualities  of  tones,  having  the  same  jiitch. 
Its  effects  are  what  the  spirit  of  man  receives  as  jarring  dis- 
cords or  sweet  harmonies,  and  successions  and  qualities  of 
tones,  that  inspire  the  emotions  of  courage  and  hope,  or  pro- 
duce solemn  and  mournful  feelings. 

Considering  the  fact  that  mere  variations  or  modifications 
in  vibratory  or  wave  motions  produce  dift'srences  in  effects,  we 
should  not  think  it  strange,  but  should  rather  kxpect,  that  tlie 
magnetic  i?ifluence  which  excites  the  electricity  in  metallic 
helices  would  produce  currents  modified  in  qualities,  by  vary- 
ing the  physical  condition  of  those  helices;  for,  by  varying  tlie 
helices,  we  vary  the  medium  of  vibratory  or  wave  motions  re- 
aultiiig  from  polurizations  whose  phenomenon  is  electricity. 


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248 


QUALITIES   OF   ELECTRICITY. 


It  is  because  the  terms  quantity  and  tension,  as  applied  to 
electricity,  do  not  express  the  rcsil  distinction  in  its  qualities, 
that  the  terms  are  so  generally  misunderstood  when  thua 
used.  The  term  intensity  is  often  misuBed  for  power,  but  the 
difference  is  as  plain  as  the  difference  between  loudness  and 
pitch  in  regard  to  sounds.  A  musical  string  conditioned  for 
a  given  pitch  does  not  change  that  pitch  by  a  greater  or  less 
force  of  the  blow  causing  it  to  vibrate;  it  simply  changes  its 
loudness.  And  in  regard  to  electricity,  the  magnetic  force 
upon  the  helix  determines  the  power  or  strength  of  the  in- 
duced current;  but  the  intensity  or  tension,  that  is  quality,  is 
determined,  not  by  the  amount  of  magnetic  force  upon  the 
helix,  but  by  the  physical  oonatruction  of  the  Mix  itself. 


m^^'MM'!mi^0'^: 


^■^rj^Tiry-; 


mum 


KLKOTBICAf.    MEDICATION. 


240 


pplicd  to 

qualities, 

hen  thiid 

r,  but  the 

'nes8  and 

\inned  for 

ir  or  less 

Jianges  its 

etic  force 

)f  the  in- 

'ttality,  is 

upon  the 

lia  itself. 


Utkki;8,  Ki.KirruKJAL   Conditions   of.      In  Antevkksioh  and 
IIktuovkksion,  or  Anteflexion  and  Retroki.exion. 

In  each  there  appears  two  opposite  electrical  Btates,  positive 
and  negative,  or  relaxed  and  contracted.  To  meet  these  two 
opposite  electrical  conditions  use  the  vaginal  and  bell-shaped 
electrode,  or  combination,  hinged  or  jointed  electrode  invente<l 
by  me  and  manufactured  by  the  Jerome  Kidder  Maimfactur- 
ing  Co.,  820  Broadway,  New  York.  One-half  of  the  combi- 
nation electrode  is  composed  of  hard  rubber,  tho  other  half 
metal,  nickle  plated.  For  retroverfiion  introduce  the  electrode 
per  vagina  until  it  cornea  in  contact  with  the  os  uteri,  and  the 
metallic  part  of  the  bell  in  contact  with  the  ct)ntracted  niuHcles 
of  the  uterus,  which  is  easily  ascertained  by  digital  exainina- 
nation  before  introducing  the  electrode.  Use  A  D  ('urrent. 
Attach  the  long  cord  connected  with  the  N.  P.  to  the  combi- 
nation electrode.  Then  attach  the  short  cord  connected  with 
the  P.  P.  to  the  side  sponge  cup  holder  and  a]i])ly  the  same  to 
the  cerebellum  three  to  five  minutes,  mild  force.  Then  apply 
P.  P.  to  the  nerve  centers  between  the  upper  part  of  the 
shoulders,  five  to  ten  minutes,  turning  the  combination  elec- 
trode a  little  at  a  time  one  way  or  another  so  as  to  bring  the 
metallic  part  of  the  bell  in  contact  with  all  of  the  contracted 
muscles  cf  the  uteruc.  Then  apply  P.  P.  over  the  lumbar  re- 
gion, five  to  ten  minutes.  Change  cords  and  attach  the  short 
cord  connected  with  the  P.  P.  to  the  vaginal  electrode,  intro- 
duce the  pame  so  as  to  bring  the  metnllic  part  of  the  bell  in 
contact  with  the  relaxed  muscles  of  the  uterus,  turning  the 
instrument  as  before  while  treating.  Then  attach  the  long 
cord  coimected  with  the  N.  P.  to  the  side  sjionge  cup 
holder  and  apply  the  same  over  the  abdomen,  five  to  ten 
minutes.  Tlien  let  the  patient  hold  the  sponge  in  her  hands 
five  minutes.  Then  apply  the  N.  P.  to  the  upper  part  of  the 
spine,  five  minutes.     Treat  daily,  using  cords  of  e<jual  length 


250  KI.Kt-mitAI.    MKIHCAiioN. 

every  other  <lay.  trmii  one  to  two  weelts.  For  ftHteverHion 
treat  on  the  muu-  j.rincij.lt'H.  Tlit-n  chiiiige  to  C(tr<lH  of  equiil 
length  Hiitl  treat  tlu-  Hiuiie  way  three  tiitieH  a  week,  and  every 
alternate  <hiy  give  general  tonie  treatment.  The  following 
treatment  may  be  given  in  connection  with  tht;  tonie  treat- 
ment  for  retroversion:  Use  R  I)  (^nrrent.  Apply  P.  l'-  t»ver 
the  abdomen,  eHpecialiy  the  lower  part.  N.  T.  over  the  Hpino, 
upwardly,  ten  to  tifteen  miuutcB. 

Mtalioal  Treatment: — 

IJ.— Elixir  Calisago  Iron  and  Strychnia..   2Jv. 

Big. — One  teaspoonful  before  each  meal. 

The  following  may  be  injected  per  vagina,  directed  to  the 
relaxed  parts  of  ibe  uterus: 

J> . — Permanganate  Potassa 3j. 

Aqua  Pnra S-''^'j-  ^• 

Inject  one  ounce  on  retiring;  or 

5.— Tinct.  Myrrh 3jj. 

Aqua  Pura oj.  m. 

Inject  two  ounces  of  tho  mixture. 


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PRESS  REVIEWS. 


[From  J.  J.  LAWRENCE,  A.  M..  M.  D.,  St.  l.ouii.] 

No  progri'Hrtive  pliyKicitm  ciiii  iiflunl  to  be  without  this 
work.  £lk(;tkical  Mkiucation  gives  the  result  of  iiftccn 
years'  clinical  experience  in  tlie  UHe  of  electricity  an  a  curative 
agent.  Full  of  practical  and  easily  foll<»wod  directions  for  the 
treatment  of  acute  and  chronic  diseases  with  electricity  and 
medicines. 


[From  E.  O.  NEIL,  M.  D,  M.  R.  C.  P.  S.  Eno.] 
Member  Koyal  College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  England. 

Ei.EfiTRicAL  Mkoication. — By  A.  W.Tipton,  M.  I).,  .FackBon- 
viUe,  111. 

An  elegantly  bound  and  liandsoniely  printed  work  giving 
the  electrical  and  medical  treatment  of  diseaseB  (acute  and 
chronic),  containing  many  good  and  practical  suggestione  as  to 
the  application  of  electricity.  The  work  also  gives  the  general 
treatment  and  symptonuitology  of  diseases  in  a  concise  and 
practical  manner. 


[From  the  MEDICAL  BRIEF,  St.  Louis,  April,  i88a.] 

Electrical  Mkoication, —  By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  D.,  Jackson- 
ville, 111. 
This  elegantly  bound  and  handsomely  printed  work,  of  256 
pages,  is  really  a  vei-y  valuable  book.     It  contiiins  not  only 

the  electrical  but  alscj  the  modern  medical  treatment  of  nearly 

(«tt) 


252 


PRESS  NOTICES. 


all  diseases.  There  are  no  surplus  words — it  is  concise  and 
practical.  We  advise  all  our  readers  to  get  a  copy  of  this 
book.     Address  Dr.  A.  W.  Tiptoji,  Jacksonville,  111. 


[From  THE  JACKSONVILLE  (ILL.)  JOURNAL,  April  26,  1882.] 

Electrica;-  Medication. — By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  D.,  Jackson- 
ville, 111.     Printed  by  Chas.  J.  Jolinson,  Chicago,  111. 

This  iu  many  respects  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  medi- 
cal works  of  the  age.  It  is  destined  to  have  a  large  sale,  and 
to  bring  electricity  as  a  curative  agent  into  greater  prominenc«j 
than  it  has  heretofore  secured.  No  physician  can  aft'ord  to  be 
without  a  copy  of  this  unique  medical  treatise.  Dr.  Tipton 
is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  success  which  has  attended 
his  eftbrts  to  embody  in  a  book  of  average  proportions  the 
results  Oi  his  careful  study  and  experience  in  the  application 
of  electr'^ity  medically,  during  a  successful  practice  of  over 
fifteen  years,  as  also  upon  the  unqualitied  endorsements  which 
his  work  has  received  from  some  of  the  leading  medical  jour- 
nals of  tht,  country.  We  understand  that  the  first  edition  is 
already  about  exhausted,  and  that  a  second  edition  is  now  in 
press.  The  work  is  elegantly  printed,  and  in  every  regard 
attractive. 


[From  the  HOMCEOPATHIC  NEWS,  St.  Louis,  Api^il,  1882.] 

A  Uevised  and  Enlarged  EnrrioN  of  Clark's  New  System 
or  Electrical  Medication. — By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  D., 
Jacksonville,  111. 
Many  are  familiar  with  the  smaller  edition  of  this  work. 
The  new  one  comes  in  fuller  form,  much  enlarged  and  revised. 
Many  additijr,:;  have  been  made  in  respect  to  treatment,  and 
we  especially  notice  the  insertion  of  prescriptions,  homoeo- 
pathic and  allopathic  which  may  be  of  service.     The  homoeo- 
pathic list  is  not,  however,  as  full  as  it  might  be.     The  same 


'''■'■."•r"».'w.',' 


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oncise  and 
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6,  1882.] 

,  Jackson- 

.iio,  111. 

ible  medi- 

i;e  sale,  and 

iroininenco 

ifford  to  be 

Dr.  Tipton 

18  attended 

ortions  the 

application 

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iL,  1882.] 

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ton,  M.  D., 

'  this  work, 
and  revised, 
atment,  and 
ns,  homoeo- 
Ihe  homoeo- 
The  same 


TRESS    NOTICK8. 


253 


general  arrangements  of  the  contents  is  followed  in  this  edi- 
tion, though  each  department  has  been  more  generally  ex- 
tended. The  authors  views  on  the  use  of  the  long  cord  are 
forcibly  stated,  and  the  directions  for  the  use  of  the  positive 
and  negative  pole  are  very  concise  and  cleiir.  Following  a 
statement  or  general  outline  of  first  principles,  theory  and 
practice,  specific  rules  are  laid  down  for  the  treatment  of  dis- 
eases. To  those  using  the  electrical  form  of  treatment  these 
prescriptions  are  especially  I'seful.  Physicians  desiring  to 
adopt  the  battery  in  their  practice  will  find  this  a  compre- 
hensive and  practical  work.  The  author  is  well  known  as  a 
gentleman  of  ability  and  distinction  in  this  department  of 
medicine. 


[From  the  JACKSONVILLE  (ILL.)  COURIER,  Aprii.  29,  1882] 

A  remarkable  volume  ni;ide  its  appearance  in  this  city 
recently.  The  title  of  the  book  is  '-A  Kevised  and  Enlarged 
Edition  of  Clark's  Electrical  Medication,"  by  A.  W.  Tipton, 
M.  D.  The  mfchanical  execution  of  the  work  is  a  model  of 
excellence.  It  contains  the  symptomatology  of  diseases,  au'l 
specific  directions  are  given  for  the  treatment  of  a  hundred 
and  sixty-rive  different  diseases,  acute  and  chronic,  by  elec- 
tricity, followed  also  by  allopathic,  eclectic  and  homeopathic 
treatment  for  the  same.  The  author  presents  the  volume,  not 
as  a  competitor  of  other  systems  of  electrical  practices,  but 
as  an  independent  system.  Under  the  head  of  "  Progress  in 
Electrical  Science  "  we  find  new  views  and  theories  presented 
not  found  elsewhere.  It  is  well  understood  that  electricity 
has  been  utilized  and  its  importance  appreciated.  But  that 
this  agent  has  been  applied  to  the  healing  art,  or  that  it  can 
be,  with  the  effects  claimed  by  the  author,  is  not  generally 
admitted  by  the  profession.  But  within  the  last  month  many 
of  the  leading  medical  journals  of  the  United  States,  and 


f-i  .  ~, 


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254 


PRESS    NOTICES. 


some  of  the  most  eminent  physicians,  are  giving  this  volure 
endorsement  and  praise;  and  from  our  knowledge  of  tho 
author's  wonderful  success  with  the  agent  (electricity),  we 
might  exclaim,  "  it  works  in  a  mysterious  way  its  wonders  to 
perlterm." 

[From  the  AMERICAN  MEDICAL  DIGEST,  April,  1882.] 

Electrical  Medication.— By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  ]).,  of  Jack- 
sonville, 111. 
Tliis  work,  according  to  the  author  in  his  preface,  is  a  revi- 
sion and  enlargement  of  Dr.  Daniel  Clark's  work  on  electrical 
medication,  "  and  was  prompted  chiefly  by  a  desire  to  bring 
this  system  in  its  practical  bearing  more  prominently  before 
the  medical  profession."     From  reading  this  work  we  were 
impressed  with  the  authors  ti^ie  disci plesh'n),  and  his  si)ecitic 
adaptation  of  electrical  medicine  to  almost  every  malady  lo 
which  man  is  heir.     We  were  glad  to  notice  that  the  author 
admitted  that  electricity  would  not  supplant  medicine  or  the 
practice  thereof  in  either  school;  for  he  suppffiments  the  elec- 
trical with  the  medical  treatment  throughout.     Whether  the 
psychological  theories  advanced   are  correct  as  exhibited   in 
the  introductory  chapters,  we  must  leave  to  the   clergy  to 
solve;  but  that  there  are  positive  therapeutic  virtues  in  elec- 
tricity we  are  ready  to  admit,  and  are  always  glad  to  read  any 
literature  on  this  subject  which  may  tend  to  further  enlighten 
the   profession    in    the    application  of  this    subtle,   powerful 
airent,  which  works  in  a  "  mvsterious  way,  its  wonders  to  per- 
form."     We  congratulate  the  author  on   the  appearance    of 
his  work,  which  is  a  gem,  tyi^ographically,  and  we  trust  will 
meet  with  sufficient  approval  from  the  profession  at  large  to 
fully  remunerate  the  author  for  his  labor,  and  require  him  at 
no  distant  date  to  give  us  additional   facts  in  another  "re- 
vised "  and  enlarged  edition  of  his  unique  work. 


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256 


[From  the  MINNESOTA  MEDICAL  MIRROR,  Cambridge  City,  Air.i»82.] 

A  Revised  and  Eni.akoed  Edition  of  Clark's  Niry  System 
OF  Elkctkicai.  Medication. — By  A.  ^V .  Tipton,  M.  D., 
Jacksonville,  111. 

A  very  finely  gotten  up  work,  printed  on  extri  heavy  calen- 
dered paper  and  with  better  than  ordinary  binding.  A  glance 
at  the  title  will  fail  tc  attract  much  attention,  from  the  fact 
that  physicians  bo  universally  attach  very  little  importance  to 
the  electrical  agent  in  the  treatment  of  disease.  This  wo  are 
convinced  arises,  to  a  considerable  extent,  from  their  want  ot 
knowledge  as  to  the  proper  method  of  applying  it.  Several 
yeaia  ago  we  made  some  use  of  the  battery  but  having  no 
definite  conception  of  its  right  use,  failed,  of  course,  to 
produce  much  impression,  other  than  on  the  minds  of  the 
patients.  With  this  imj)erfect  test  the  electric  machine  was 
set  aside,  though  the  idea  unvoluntarily  remained  that  it 
ought  to  iiossess  a  great  influence  over  the  nervous  S3'stem  r.t 
least.  We  would  advise  our  readers  who  have  not  already  a 
copy  of  this  book  to  get  one;  a  perusal  of  the  preface  and 
introduction  will  elicit  an  interest.  The  very  liberal  and  rea- 
sonable deductions  of  the  author  are  convincing  at  once,  that 
he  is  not  "  riding  a  hobby  "  or  teaching  any  peculiar  "  sys- 
tem", but  that  his  long  and  proper  application  of  electricity 
has  demonstrated  erroneous  opinions,  and  added  to  the  science 
of  treating  disease. 

lie  would  not  have  the  battery  supercede  the  practice  ot 
medicine,  but  teaches  how  it  may  heoome  a  valuable  aid. 


[From  the  AMERICAN  MEDICAL  J()l!KNAL,  St.  Louis,  April,  1882.] 

A  Reviskd  and  Eni.ak(iki)  Edition  ok  ("lark's  New  System 
OF  Ei.KCTRicAi-  Medication. — By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  D., 
Jacksonville,  111. 
In   point  of   binding,  paper,  print,  and  general  make-up, 


;--^ 


iiiVriV  "■  V-  ■^'-  '"^- 


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256 


PHE8S   NOTICES. 


this  is  ouo  of  the  Hnest  hooks  I  have  ever  seen.  It  is  a  heau- 
tiful  book.  It  contjiins  two  liundred  and  fifty  pages  of  read- 
ing  inattei',  of  the  most  interesting  and  practical  character. 
The  subject  of  electrical  medication  is  pi-esented  in  a  different 
manner  from  that  to  be  found  anywhere  else.  And  no  matter 
how  many  works  we  may  have  upon  the  subject  of  electricity, 
we  need  this  also.  It  does  not  teach  us  so  much  about  the 
caring  for  and  handling  of  batteries,  but  it  shows  how  diseases 
tre  controlled  and  cured  v/'th  *'!ectricity.  And  the  author 
does  not  depend  upon  electricity  alone  in  the  treatment  of 
disease.  Throughout  the  entire  work,  the  electrical  treat- 
ment of  each  disease  is  carefully  detailed,  then  the  medical 
treatment  is  given;  and  that  regarded  as  tlie  most  appropriate 
to  aid  in  the  cure  is  recommended,  let  it  be  allopathic,  homoeo- 
pathic or  eclectic.  In  this  book  we  have  a  practice  of  med- 
icine characterized  by  variety — electricity,  and  all  therapeutic 
agents  employed  by  all  branches  of  the  profession.  While  wo 
may  not  be  able  to  endorse  all  the  author's  views,  we  do  know 
that  he  makes  many  practical  suggestions  and  that  his  medical 
treatment  recommended  is  exceedingly  simple  and  practical. 
The  book  is  unlike  anything  of  the  kind,  and  cannot  fail  to 
interest  any  reader. — Endorsed  by  The  Weekly  Medical  Coun- 
selor^ Chicago. 


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I. 


[From  the  G.  E.  MEDICAL  JOURNAL,  Atlanta,  Georgia.] 

A  Revised  and  Enlarged  Edition  of  Clark's  New  Systkm 

OF  Electrical  Medication.     By  A.  W.  Tipton,  M.  I)., 

Jacksonville,  111. 

When  a  man  writes  a  book  in  which  he  has  something  to 

say,  and  says  that  someti)ing  in  a  way  which  carries  conviction 

to  the  reader  that  the  writer  knows  whereof  he  writes,  and 

also  presents  the  topics  in  clear,  perspicuous  ideas  and  forms, 

we  say  that  man  has  written  a  useful  book.     Dr.  Tipton  has 


UiM. 


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257 


accomplished  this  important  work,  because  he  has  made  the 
subject  of  Electrical  Therapeutics  clearly  and  compreliensively 
plain  to  his  readers  in  the  way  he  has  discussed  the  philosophy 
and  principles  of  electricity,  the  nature  and  value  of  the  dif- 
ferent cur.:ont8,  the  way  they  do  their  work,  how  they  are 
modified,  the  varied  manipulations  of  them  to  obtain  results 
of  a  special  kind  and  quality,  the  management  of  the  instru- 
ment. In  addition  to  the  above  we  find  a  common  sense  and 
practical  view  Uvken  of  electricity  and  galvanisms  as  aids  and 
auxiliary  to  drug  therapeutics  in  the  management  and  cure  of 
disease,  both  acute  and  chronic.  This  is  our  opinion  of  the 
book  before  us.  We  have  read  it  with  pleasure,  with  profit, 
and  recommend  it  earnestly  to  our  readers.  There  are  some 
novel  ideas  in  it  which  we  regard  valuable.  Dr.  Tipton  has 
presented  these  subjects  of  Electrical  Therapeutics  in  a  man- 
ner that  will  not  fail  to  interest  every  reader,  nor  has  he  made 
a  humorous  bobby  out  of  it. 


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Branch  of  seventh  nerve  supplying  orbic  oris. 

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kidder'9  kxtba.  appliances. 


2ei 


KiDDBi^'s  ExT!^A  Appliances, 

FOR 

ELECTRO'THERAPEUTIC   USES. 


-rt,.  metallic  parts  of  all  these  Extra  AppUancs,  ««pt  the  pUtinun»  at- 

?he'^nil«!rl'^e"£rtnstruate„tsare  of  fine  ro.ewood.  bi  ,  -^ 

ished. 


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No.  ..-Improved  Sponge  Holder     Jo  fix  th.spon^^^^  holder.^im 

screw  the  handle  B  by  turmng  the  -«»'^-^^'{-^  ^^^g-^^.  ^fth^  s^Snge  over  the 
:^%ro?rp.lic^. S;  i?w^h\Tpla^"c^.  and  J^^  altogether  by  screwtn, 
on  the  handle  B. 


:.o.  3. -Side  Sponge  Holder,  to  use  under  a  loose  gown. 


; 


4 ' 


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kiddeb's  kxtka  appliances. 


40.  4.— Cutbon  Sponge  Holders,  for  both  the  positive  and  negative  electrodei 


No.  «.— Ear  Electrode  with  holes  nt  point  to  sew  on  small  sponge. 


No.  6.— Another  form  of  Ear  Electrode,  with  rubber  funnel-shaped  insulator. 


No.  7.~Glass  Eye-Cup,  to  be  filled  with  water. 


No.  8.— Metallic  Brush  ior  Ansesthesia. 


No.  0.— The  same,  shown  with  brush  pushed  within  ite  cylinder  for  protecUon 

when  not  in  use. 


No    10. — Tongue  Electrode. 


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electrodes 


nge. 


insulator. 


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KIDUKK'B   EXTRA    APPLIANCES. 


No.  II.— Rectal  Electrode. 


No.  la.— Uterine  Electrode. 


8« 


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No.  13.— Bell-shaped  Uterine  Electrode. 


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Nob  14.— Vaginal  Electrode. 


sr  protection 


No.  15. 

Holders  of  Needles  for  Electrolysis, 


No  16. 


M.^.^'^. 


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EIDUKH'b    KXTRA   AlTLIANOEi. 


No.  17.  No.  18.  No.  19.  No.  20 

Platinum  Cutten  tad  Burnen  to  be  u»ed  with  the  Gtlvano  Caustic  Batterj. 


Dr.  Tipton's  Combination  Dell-shai'f.d  Vaginal  Electrode. 
Price  of  instrument  with  holder,  complete,  fio.OO 


No.  ai.— Hammond's 
Aesthesiometer. 


No.  23.— CarroU'i 
Aesthesiometer. 


No.  23.— Rheostat, 


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No.  20 
le  Battel}'. 

ROUB. 


.heostat. 


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